A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Scientists have confirmed that spaceflight forces the brain to shift and stretch, a discovery that could change how we protect astronauts on long missions.

UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how ...

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

By tracking brain activity as people listened to a spoken story, researchers found that the brain builds meaning step by step ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...