This distinction goes beyond an above-average aptitude for mouse-intelligence tests: These mice are smarter because half the cells in their brain are actually human cells. A new study ...

and the researchers hope the vaccine will progress to human trials. If the vaccine proves safe and effective in humans, it could slice the number of dementia diagnoses in half, the study's ...

Typically, a person's experiences are characterized by a web of interactions between the human brain ... completely disconnecting the damaged half of the brain from the other hemisphere, brainstem ...

The project is part of the BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain. The massive effort required tens of thousands of brain tissue samples so small that they had to be cut out with a laser.

By Carl Zimmer An international team of scientists has mapped the human brain in much finer ... But neurons make up only about half the cells in the brain. The other half are far more mysterious.

Now, a study has evidence to confirm that nearly half of these so-called human accelerated regions (HARs) have played an important role in rewriting the course of human brain development ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early ... on Planetary Health at Boston College. “More than half of all plastic ever made has been made since 2002 and production ...

The human brain ... “If the brain jumps to conclusions out of emotion first, just assume that your first decision might not be the most informed one,” Ropeik said. “Don’t leap to conclusions. Take ...