A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has uncovered how the MN1 gene evolved to shape both the ...

In a significant advance for brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, a University of Michigan research team has achieved ...

The developing human brain gains billions of neurons while in the womb, and tacks on some more during childhood. For most of ...

Optical illusions serve as mental exercises, enhancing the brain's ability to detect irregularities. This particular illusion ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

It may seem remarkable, but significant evidence shows that humans could learn this sound-based “superpower” with some practice.

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The suspected connection between lack of proper sleep and stroke got stronger Wednesday with the publication of a study ...

A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer's and other neurological ...

18 The concept of brain health has gained increasing attention in public campaigns. Brain health can be defined as a continuous state of maintaining optimal brain function that best supports a ...