Conflicting results on the existence of new neurons in adults have researchers designing new ways to identify and count neuronal progenitors—and finally get to the bottom of neurogenesis.

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.

The new technology could allow for new and improved applications in both medicine and research.  

For the first time, researchers visualize histone deacetylase in the brains of healthy volunteers.

Dopamine receptors in the cortex orient the brain toward the task at hand.

Overall brain metabolic rate can distinguish between pathological states of human consciousness, a study shows.

Director of Radiochemistry, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Age: 35

An inspiring lecturer turned Marcus Raichle’s focus from music and history to science. Since then, he has pioneered the use of imaging to study how our brains function.

For neuroscientists, experimental results converge to help crack the case of how the brain functions.