Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.

Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be ...

Scientists have pinpointed specific neurons and microglia, crucial for emotion and inflammation, as key players in depression ...

WASHINGTON — Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date, using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved in vision, an ...

Scientists found a specific brain cell "switch" that could potentially reverse the neurological impact of obesity. Learn how.

We tend to think of memory as exclusively the brain’s domain, but new research suggests that this view may be far too narrow.

Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those ...

Aging is associated with progressive white matter degeneration, which impairs brain structure and function. Defects in ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have ...

Keeping your brain sharp is key to overall health and preventing dementia. Science highlights exercise as a powerful tool.