A recent study has revealed that specific patterns of gene activity serve as a hidden map that guides the complex wiring of ...

New findings, published in Nature, help answer the riddle of how vertebrates evolved the diverse array of brain cells that ...

Despite all that old talk about Mars and Venus, men and women are much more biologically alike than not. But differences in the way our brains are built shed light on everything from the way we flirt ...

In a first, a large, international team led by multiple labs at Harvard Medical School and Princeton University has published ...

Every day our brains strive to optimize a tradeoff: With lots of things happening around us even as we also harbor many internal drives and memories, somehow our thoughts must be flexible yet focused ...

The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel. Yet it’s still vulnerable to debilitating conditions such as paralysis, stroke, epilepsy ...

New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex skills, suggesting ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...