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

Duke trustee and alumna Sharon Marcil and her husband, Tom Monahan, have donated $10 million to launch the Marcil-Monahan ...

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it ...

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 ...

A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be ...

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A new study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego shows that the brain does not simply respond to ...

The human brain has upward of 86 billion neurons, connected by some 100 trillion synapses ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beauty feels intensely private, and, at the same time, we keep discovering that we collectively share it. That contradiction ...