A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

The cerebellum (which is Latin for ‘little brain’) is the area of the brain in charge of fine motor coordination and balance, and it keeps our movements smooth and stable by predicting what our next ...

Eating this ballgame favorite also gives people inflammation-reducing antioxidants and other beneficial nutrients ...

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, found in children with a rare form of early dementia, disrupts a tiny loop ...

The question of consciousness has puzzled scientists for decades, but new research suggests the answer lies not in what consciousness is, but rather in what purpose it serves. According to Professors ...

How do wounded soldiers power through to achieve feats of heroism? Understanding how the brain works is a key to avoid losing wars.

This correspondence between brain state and brain responsiveness (statedependent responses) is outlined at different scales from the cellular and circuit level, to the mesoscale and macroscale level.

Researchers discovered that a tiny structural feature of the enzyme GPX4 helps keep neurons safe. A rare mutation removes ...

Why do nerve cells die in dementia - and can this process be slowed down? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich ...