For decades, textbooks told students the human brain contained 100 billion neurons. That figure, repeated so often it became ...

P2: IIT Madras releases brainstem atlas ...

For centuries, people have wondered what separates being awake from being asleep, dreaming, or unconscious. Scientists have ...

The discovery that the brains of humans and mice age in similar ways may one day help scientists understand the factors underlying brain changes during aging. This knowledge can then help researchers ...

Called ‘ANCHOR’ (Atlas of Neurochemical Characterization of the human brainstem with 3D Reconstruction), the maps encompass ...

The human brain stands as perhaps nature’s most extraordinary creation, constantly evolving throughout our lives in response to a complex interplay of biological and environmental influences. This ...

Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. Within only a few months, the brain connections in the salience network, which helps target attention, had ...

The Allen Institute is launching a $400 million initiative, the Brain Health Accelerator, to develop gene therapies for ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of ...

The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that ...

Losing weight may involve rewiring the gut and the brain at the same time. In a study of obese adults, an intermittent ...