The smallest grooves on the brain's surface, unique to humans, have largely been ignored by anatomists, but recent studies show that they're related to cognitive performance, including face ...

New research suggests that microplastics are contributing to a global rise in rates of depression and dementia.

The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small.

Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening again. When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps ...

What would it take to create a cyborg brain like the one in the new TV show Murderbot? The answer reveals what makes our own ...

"I already go out of my way to avoid single-use plastic." Scientists uncover alarming substance hidden in human brain samples ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research.

A neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved using AI to identify neuron cell types from the brain activity recordings of ...

In the future, there will be no phones, just Neuralinks,” tweeted Elon Musk yesterday on X, evoking a blast of wonder and ...

Signs of sleep disorders are found in regions of the brain that regulate emotions and executive functions. Signs of sleep deprivation are indicated by alterations within the thalamus. Within the ...

Hundreds of people in Canada are suspected to have come down with an unknown brain disease. But a new report suggests otherwise. © sfam_photo via Shutterstock ...

The evidence supporting this claim is compelling, demonstrating that SPNs uniquely integrate sparse input from variable stretches across the barrel cortex. The study would be of interest to basal ...