The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

In a human cell-based brain model, repetitive physical injuries reactivate the common virus, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta—a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...

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Scientists recorded increase brain activity just before the patient died. What happens to the human brain as people are on the precipice of death is an enigma that has perplexed ordinary folks and ...

In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a ...

Your brain constantly juggles sensory information to make split-second decisions, but how? A new latent circuit model ...

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell select this information? A large molecular machine called the spliceosome ...