In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

Researchers are no longer just simulating brains in silicon, they are wiring living human neurons into machines and asking them to compute. Tiny clusters of brain cells, grown from stem cells and ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...

Earlier this year, John Hopkins University scientists revealed that they had created something astonishing: a miniature whole human brain. Specifically, it was a type of organoid, a small mass of ...