Imagine waking up thirsty at night and having to reach for a glass of water in the dark. Without a clear view, your brain has ...

What began with a sliver of brain tissue no larger than a grain of sand has culminated in a scientific achievement once ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

Scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things ...

Heavy drinkers had a 133% higher chance of having brain lesions compared with nondrinkers, a study found. A medical expert explains how much alcohol is too much.

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. A study by neuroscientists Raymundo Báez-Mendoza from the German Primate Center (DPZ ...

A new study led by Western researchers reveals how the brain processes multi-sensory audiovisual information by developing a new 4D imaging technique, with time as the fourth dimension.

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 ...

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...