A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...

New work in fruit flies uncovers an electrical trick that allows neurons to compute direction efficiently by juggling multiple signaling mechanisms. These findings could reframe our understanding of ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

Printed artificial neurons generate realistic brain-like signals that activate living neurons. Device uses flexible, low-cost ...

I've always wondered what exactly happens inside my brain after a sleepless night. Why does everything feel harder—thinking ...

Long dismissed as ‘brain glue,’ star-shaped cells called astrocytes are emerging as a breakthrough in treating Alzheimer’s ...

Recent studies suggest that animals and people alike have close and complex relationships with the bacteria around and within ...

Brandon Patterson has been through a lot in the nine years since rolling a Jeep left him paralyzed. Now he's on the leading ...

What if your high blood pressure isn't just about what you eat or how much you exercise—but something happening deep inside ...