The symptoms suggest SARS-CoV-2 might infect neurons, raising questions about whether there could be effects on the brain that play a role in patients’ deaths, but the data are preliminary.

Imaging reveals how cyclical patterns of brain activity differ between conscious and unresponsive individuals.

Scientists have developed a tissue-clearing protocol that allows them to peer into entire, transparent human organs.

An extinct rodent relative of the capybara appears to have had a smaller brain-to-body ratio than similar species.

Without a brain, the frog embryo immune system doesn’t receive the signals it needs to mobilize macrophages and fight infections.

Cell lines from individuals with macrocephalic autism spectrum disorder have an increased number of double-strand breaks in the DNA of long neural genes.

The Rockefeller University neuroendocrinologist made landmark discoveries on how hormones affect brain structure.

The silicon chips receive and send electrical signals, recreating activity from neurons in the rat brain that play a role in breathing and thinking.

Sergiu Pasca, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, describes his unique approach studying brain diseases.