For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

在神经发育领域，一个长期存在的挑战是：我们对人类大脑发育的理解，很大程度上建立在小鼠模型的基础之上。这就好比试图通过研究一辆卡丁车的引擎来理解一辆F1赛车的动力系统。虽然基本原理相似，但在“性能极限”和“复杂性”上却有着天壤之别。

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Indiana University researchers are advancing the fight against Alzheimer’s disease using brain organoids, cutting-edge ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Fueled by advances in biomarkers, brain mapping, and AI, investment in neuro and CNS innovation shows no signs of slowing, ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination ...

Intrinsic neural attractors and extrinsic environmental inputs jointly steer the dynamic trajectories of brain activity ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...