The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily distinguish between dinner with a friend and a business meeting with the same ...

University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch the thalamus and cortex interact in real time. They found that the thalamus ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

When brain cells die in diseases like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and frontotemporal dementia, they often activate a ...

Miami neuroscience research duo discovered how to restore electrical activity in brain cells linked to autism spectrum disorder ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category ...

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, who ...

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.