brain, neuroscience

After growing in culture for a few months, the mini-brains produced rhythmic neural activity that strengthened over time.

The proof-of-concept study could be a step toward better assisted communication devices for paralyzed people.

Detailed imaging of the rodent central nervous system reveals new information about the route cerebrospinal fluid takes to leave the brain.

The brain wiring behind scent processing seems to scale across mammalian species.

The agency argues that chlorpyrifos is one of few “cost-effective options” for controlling certain farm pests.

The Yale University cognitive neuroscientist studies how the brain extracts patterns from experiences.

Neuromorphic technology is fueling fast, large-scale simulations, supporting researchers’ endeavors to build models of the human brain.

A newly developed imaging technology visualizes entire mouse brains in two and three dimensions using multicolor fluorescence microscopy.

Researchers develop a system to deliver synthetic blood to isolated brains hours after death.

A study hints that it might be possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease associated with frequent head injuries, while patients are still living.

A study of people’s brainwaves hints at their unconscious ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field.

An analysis of the contours of more than 600 kids’ brains points to links between cerebral surface area and heritability in regions of the brain important in cognition.  

Researchers have implanted electronics masquerading as neurons in the brains of mice.

The drugs lead to widespread, predictable changes in brain waves that can help anesthesiologists personalize anesthesia and develop anesthetic-based treatments.

Drugs that doctors use to sedate patients during traumatic medical procedures act on neural receptors to alter brain activity.

The same group of neurons encode both actual motion and movement perceived in an optical illusion, according to a study on macaques.

Researchers record neurological changes in a region called the mushroom body in the brains of bees completing a maze in a virtual environment.

Sleeping on a rhythmically swaying surface helps synchronize sleep oscillations in the human brain, a study finds.

The method combines two approaches to reveal a high-resolution map of all 40 million synapses.