Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're ...

Great thinking feels hard for a reason. Mental fatigue signals growth—and there are ways to train your brain to think sharper, deeper, and stronger over time.

A new brain imaging study published in the journal Neuroscience00304-5/fulltext) has found that authoritarian attitudes on both the political left and right are linked to specific structural ...

I think it's important to recognize not only how fake science can degrade medicine and exploit health care consumers, but also how real science can benefit medicine and consumers. It's also important ...

Researchers suggest two newly developed tests could help to identify cognitive impairments that would otherwise go undetected ...

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition ...

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

The number of people living with dementia, including Alzheimer’s, is expected almost to double every 20 years.

Brain channels 'stopped in time' reveal chemical flow that enables learning and thinking by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Illustration of an AMPA receptor and glutamate.