Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

Humans possess a remarkable balance between stability and flexibility, enabling them to quickly establish new plans and ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a long elusive goal: pinpointing the exact brain cells that make anxiety surge or suddenly ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.

According to researchers, the goal of the experiment is to create organs that might be viable for humans.

This year is the centennial of the discovery of human brain waves. Few people know the story of that startling finding, because the true story was suppressed and lost to history. Almost two decades ...

Nothing teaches us how the brain works like neurosurgery, maintains Theodore Schwartz, MD, of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. "We tend to think about neuroscientists, neurologists, and ...