The slice of code — a stretch of DNA that acts like a dial to turn up the expression of certain genes — expanded the outer ...

Many brain functions, particularly the senses, are similar across different mammal species.

University of Edinburgh team uses live brain slices to reveal how tiny protein imbalances can trigger Alzheimer’s-like damage ...

“The human brain is another factor of 1,500 or so larger than a mouse brain, and so that brings a whole host … of technical and ethical barriers to doing that,” he said. However, it might be ...

The tool, the Duke Mouse Brain Atlas, combines microscopic resolution, three-dimensional images from three different ...

Jiang and his team have been developing and using chimeric brain models for nearly a decade. He and other lab members focus ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

From a cubic millimeter of brain tissue, scientists have constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.