Brain
- New information on brain areas linked to tactile sense and metacognitive ability (22 Aug 2018)
- Improved ape genome assemblies provide new insights into human evolution: Better understanding of genetic influences on primate and human brain differences was also gained through comparative organoid (06 Aug 2018)
- Slow but steady: New study sheds light on the brain evolution of turtles (02 Aug 2018)
- CLOCK gene may hold answers to human brain evolution (02 Aug 2018)
- Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain (01 Aug 2018)
- Improving stroke treatment through machine learning (14 Jul 2018)
- Improving clinical trials with machine learning (14 Jul 2018)
- Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware (14 Jul 2018)
- Neuronal 'barcodes' shape complex networks in the brain (12 Jul 2018)
- Striking differences in brain morphology between wild and domestic rabbits (01 Jul 2018)
- Scientists discover how brain signals travel to drive language performance: Their results pave the way for the treatment of aphasia and other language disorders (01 Jul 2018)
- Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do (01 Jul 2018)
- Democratizing science: Making neuroscience experiments easier to share, reproduce (01 Jul 2018)
- Calcium-based MRI sensor enables more sensitive brain imaging (01 Jul 2018)
- Researchers at Sandia work on new way to image brain (21 Jun 2018)
- Human and artificial intelligence join forces to study complexity of the brain (17 Jun 2018)
- Brain's alertness circuitry conserved through evolution (19 Nov 2017)
- Bioengineered robotic hand with its own nervous system will sense touch (19 Nov 2017)
- DARPA's New Brain Device Increases Learning Speed by 40% (27 Oct 2017)
- Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain (27 Oct 2017)
- Navigation system of brain cells decoded (26 Oct 2017)
- High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem (25 Oct 2017)
- Brain region that motivates behavior change discovered (25 Oct 2017)
- MIT neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation (24 Oct 2017)
- Brain patterns underlying mothers' responses to infant cries: Behaviors and brain activity consistent between mothers from different countries (24 Oct 2017)
- Team determines first high-resolution structure of dopamine receptor (20 Oct 2017)
- Gene editing in the brain gets a major upgrade (20 Oct 2017)
- Learning during development is regulated by an unexpected brain region (18 Oct 2017)
- Duplications of noncoding DNA may have affected evolution of human-specific traits (18 Oct 2017)
- Whales and dolphins have rich 'human-like' cultures and societies (17 Oct 2017)
- How bees find their way home (17 Oct 2017)
- Brain waves reflect different types of learning (13 Oct 2017)
- How the cone snail's deadly venom can help us build better medicines (11 Oct 2017)
- Growing human brain cells in the lab: Scientists develop a cheaper, quicker, and more reliable stem cell-based technology to facilitate drug discovery (11 Oct 2017)
- Molecular basis for memory and learning: Brain development and plasticity share similar signalling pathways (10 Oct 2017)
- Human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them: Study challenges traditional hierarchy of brain decoding; offers insight into how the brain makes perceptual judgements (10 Oct 2017)
- Spin glass provides insight into brain activity – Physics World (08 Oct 2017)
- Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely stimulate brain -- and control body movements: The minimally invasive technique could lead to advances in mapping the brain and treating neurological disease (08 Oct 2017)
- Physicists, engineers to build next-generation MRI brain scanner (08 Oct 2017)
- Scientists track the brain-skull transition from dinosaurs to birds (06 Oct 2017)
- Studying bumblebees to learn more about human intelligence and memory (05 Oct 2017)
- Fossilized dinosaur brain tissue identified for the first time (25 Sep 2017)
- Why animals have evolved to favor one side of the brain (11 Sep 2017)
- 'Residual echo' of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders (31 Aug 2017)
- Tiny cavefish may help humans evolve to require very little sleep (22 Mar 2017)
- Researchers reveal how neurodegenerative diseases spread through the brain (17 Mar 2017)
- Brain development: How a 'molecular compass' regulates proper cell division (17 Mar 2017)
- Revolutionary method to map brains at single-neuron resolution successfully demonstrated (24 Aug 2016)
- Schizophrenia simulator: When chemistry upends sanity's balance (22 Aug 2016)
- Large human brain evolved as a result of 'sizing each other up' (22 Aug 2016)
- Americans worried about using gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood (29 Jul 2016)
- How the brain encodes time and place: Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that is critical for forming episodic memories (25 Jul 2016)
- Horwitz Prize awarded for research revealing how the brain is wired (25 Jul 2016)
- Decision-making involves a little known brain region in the thalamus (25 Jul 2016)
- Comprehensive map of primate brain development published in Nature (22 Jul 2016)
- 'Big Data' study discovers earliest sign of Alzheimer's development: Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough (21 Jul 2016)
- New brainstem model reveals how brains control breathing (09 Jul 2016)
- Neuron responsible for alcoholism found: Researchers find neuron responsible for alcohol consumption, could stop cycle of alcoholism (29 Jun 2016)
- Food may be addictive: Food craving may be 'hard-wired' in the brain (24 Jun 2016)
- Artificial synapse rivals biological ones in energy consumption (24 Jun 2016)
- How the mind sharpens the senses (14 Jun 2016)
- Does Marijuana Change the Brain? (14 Jun 2016)
- Degenerating neurons respond to gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease: Postmortem brain studies suggest nerve growth factor safely triggered functional cell growth (14 Jun 2016)
- Cannabis use may influence cortical maturation in adolescent males: ...who have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia (14 Jun 2016)
- 'Memory region' of brain also involved in conflict resolution: Hippocampus is involved in quick, successful decisions (28 May 2016)
- Scientists discover atomic-resolution details of brain signaling (27 May 2016)
- Rapid eye movements in sleep reset dream 'snapshots': Researchers find eye movements during REM sleep reflect brain activity patterns associated with new images (24 May 2016)
- Scientists identify schizophrenia's 'Rosetta Stone' gene (15 May 2016)
- The new SLENDR technique: Protein labeling in the developing brain by genome editing (14 May 2016)
- Miniature brains made from patient skin cells reveal insights into autism (14 May 2016)
- This is your brain on communication (12 May 2016)
- Why parrots are great vocal imitators: Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago (10 May 2016)
- Single gene controls fish brain size and intelligence (10 May 2016)
- Emotional brains 'physically different' from rational ones (09 May 2016)
- Social brains: Do insect societies share brain power? (08 May 2016)
- Scientists grow multiple brain structures and make connections between them: Model of neuronal connectivity using stem cells (08 May 2016)
- Researchers discover first sensor of Earth's magnetic field in an animal (08 May 2016)
- How the brain learns to distinguish between what is important and what is not (08 May 2016)
- Scientists produce strongest evidence yet of schizophrenia's causes (07 May 2016)
- Scientists gain first glimpse of new concepts developing in the brain (07 May 2016)
- Researchers find speedometer in the brain (07 May 2016)
- Hippocampus: In search of memory storage (07 May 2016)
- Researchers seeking to make computer brains smarter by making them more like our own (02 May 2016)
- Scientists map brain's 'thesaurus' to help decode inner thoughts (30 Apr 2016)
- Bats use both sides of brain to listen—just like humans (24 Apr 2016)
- Proteins for anxiety in humans and moulting in insects have common origin (23 Apr 2016)
- Fruit flies crucial to basic research (19 Apr 2016)
- Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality (14 Apr 2016)
- Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA (13 Apr 2016)
- Brain protein influences how the brain manages stress; suggests new model of depression (11 Apr 2016)
- Invading the brain to understand and repair cognition (10 Apr 2016)
- How Magnetic Resonance Is Helping Doctors Diagnose Autism (10 Apr 2016)
- Seeing the light: Army ants evolve to regain sight and more in return to surface (15 Mar 2016)
- New research replicates a folding human brain in 3-D (05 Feb 2016)
- Modelling how the brain makes complex decisions (05 Feb 2016)
- Neurogenesis -- discovery of a new regulatory mechanism (31 Jan 2016)
- Graphene shown to safely interact with neurons in the brain (31 Jan 2016)
- Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought (29 Jan 2016)
- Both hemispheres of the brain process numbers (29 Jan 2016)
- A master switch that plays a key role in energy metabolism and human brain evolution (29 Jan 2016)
- What types of video games improve brain function? (21 Dec 2015)
- 'Spectacular discovery' of how memories are formed and learning takes place (21 Dec 2015)
- How is a developing brain assembled? (21 Dec 2015)
- How brain architecture leads to abstract thought (21 Dec 2015)
- WSU Spokane researchers isolate smallest unit of sleep to date (11 Dec 2015)
- What can brain-controlled prosthetics tell us about the brain? (09 Dec 2015)
- Intelligent neuroprostheses mimic natural motor control (09 Dec 2015)
- How deep-brain stimulation reshapes neural circuits in Parkinson's disease (09 Dec 2015)
- Bioelectricity plays key role in brain development and repair (07 Dec 2015)
- An evolutionary approach reveals new clues toward understanding the roots of schizophrenia (07 Dec 2015)
- Link seen between seizures and migraines in the brain (04 Dec 2015)
- On the frontiers of cyborg science (29 Oct 2015)
- Brain of world's first known predators discovered (03 Oct 2015)
- Chimpanzee personality linked to anatomy of brain structures (29 Sep 2015)
- Octopus genome sequenced (07 Sep 2015)
- Modeling shockwaves through the brain (24 Jul 2015)
- Researchers discover first sensor of Earth's magnetic field in an animal (21 Jul 2015)
- Why More Left-Handed Men are Born in the Winter (06 Jul 2014)
- Watching individual neurons respond to magnetic therapy (30 Jun 2014)
- Play an Instrument? Musical Training Improves Brain Function (22 Jun 2014)