As people drift into sleep, their brains do not shut down all at once. Instead, different brain regions change their activity ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking preliminary atlas charting the intricate development of brain cells from early ...

(WGN) — Disconnecting half the brain to stop seizures sounds unthinkable, but it’s an actual procedure to help children with a rare form of epilepsy. R.J. Walters is one of those kids. He is 8 years ...

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature from the earliest embryonic and fetal stages until adulthood, knowledge that ...

Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features. The 3D map covers a volume of about one cubic millimetre, ...

At a talk Thursday evening, CU Boulder researcher Karen Boyd spoke about two of her studies on American Sign Language (ASL) conducted with colleagues in linguistics and psychology American Sign ...

Peter Coppola does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

For decades, scientists have thought that human consciousness arises from the newest and most sophisticated parts of the brain. But a Cambridge scientist now claims that the fundamental basis of our ...

About five years ago, preeminent neuroscientist Eric Kandel of Columbia University was asked by a radio interviewer what mysteries remained about the brain. “Almost everything,” Kandel responded. Such ...

Marijuana — or indeed, any substance you introduce into your body — can have different effects on different parts of your brain, and their corresponding functions. Every component of the human body is ...

Esther Kuehn works for the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen. She receives funding from the European Research Council ...