UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, ...

October saw several universities launch major initiatives in brain science and neurological research, often with the help of new private gifts to underwrite their efforts. Here are summaries of the ...

Duke trustee and alumna Sharon Marcil and her husband, Tom Monahan, have donated $10 million to launch the Marcil-Monahan Family Initiative on Translational Brain Science. Their vision is simple: to ...

Women's hormonal health, and particularly how hormones shape brain function, has long been a research blind spot. This study ...

Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream. They say their ...

Preparation of an entire brain for imaging at the necessary resolution requires a distinct set of skills, as does ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

Researchers have discovered a brain activity pattern that can predict which people with mild cognitive impairment are likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Using a noninvasive brain scanning ...

Researchers have developed a learning mechanism that uses the natural variability of neural activity—often dismissed as ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers found that frozen tissue from mouse brains could return to normal function after facing extremely cold conditions. The findings suggest that brain tissue is ...