For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Scientists studying how people understand speech have uncovered evidence that challenges long-standing ideas about language ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

Fueled by advances in biomarkers, brain mapping, and AI, investment in neuro and CNS innovation shows no signs of slowing, ...

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination ...

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.