New research led by University of Sydney and Fudan University neuroscientists shows that spiral-like, rotational wave patterns (brain spirals) are widespread...
Neanderthal brains were similar in size to those of modern humans but differed in shape. What scientists cannot tell from fossils is how Neanderthal brains...
In a new experiment on rats, a team of researchers at Lund University has shown that by transplanting human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived...
High levels of BMAA (β-methylamino-L-alanine), a neurotoxin produced by cyanobacterial blooms, and beta-amyloid plaques, a hallmark in human beings of...
A new study by University of Maryland’s Professor Patrick Kanold and co-authors is the first to identify a mechanism that could explain an early link...
According to the first study to count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, dogs have about 530 million cortical neurons...
In two separate studies, researchers have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memory functions are linked to immune-related genes.
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An international team of neuroscientists from the United States and Europe has mapped 180 distinct areas, including 97 that were previously unknown, in...
A new study published in the journal Science reveals for the first time the birth timing and embryonic origin of elusive brain cells called chandelier...
