Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell ...

UCR scientists create a fully synthetic model for growing brain cells that could allow for animal-free drug testing.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

If this neuromorphic machine is real, it’s a milestone for neuroscience—and a test of what AI can and can’t replace.

Slicing up and analyzing real, living, three-dimensional brain tissue comes with some obvious complications – as in, it tends ...

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they ...

What if the brain prepares your actions before you ever “decide”—and what does that really mean for free will?

A new study detailing social media content from TikTok and Instagram showed a significant impact on the human brain, and ...

The study shows how the brain quickly sorts odors using fast rhythms and later decides whether each smell feels pleasant or ...