From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are making several time-consuming aspects of ...

With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and published in a series of papers written by scientists worldwide, including ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain so far, by mapping cells in 1 cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue 1. In a landmark achievement, the ...

Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

Our brain cells serve as the building blocks of every thought, feeling, and physical action we've ever had — and yet the brain is still our most mysterious organ. Now, scientists may have a new ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

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