Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have achieved a significant breakthrough by employing scatterometry, a technique ...

How is it that we all see the world in a similar way? Imagine sitting with a friend in a café, both of you looking at a phone ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...

Super-resolution microscopes have revealed a whole new type of connection between neurons in mouse and human brains.

Staying social lowers overall stress levels and increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, Kaiser points out. He ...

Can We Blame Our Mirror Neurons? Where do these urges come from? Partly from our mirror neurons. These neurons were ...

Golgi and Cajal's rivalry reshaped biology, leading to the birth of modern neuroscience with lasting impacts on global health ...

Vitamin K, a fat-soluble nutrient best known for its role in blood clotting and bone health, has recently been linked to ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have shown how mammalian brains create networks of tubes that transport toxins ...