A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are part of one common brain circuit.

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics have unveiled a groundbreaking map of human DNA mixing during reproduction, offering insights into genetic diversity, health, and fertility. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

Scientists have taken a look at the effect dying has on the human brain and what they found is pretty insane. The idea that your brain just stops working when you die couldn't be further from the ...

The brain interprets these sensory cues to understand ... the length and numbers of the axons and dendrites can vary. The human nervous system is defined as two parts. They are the central nervous ...

If a tumor sits near the brain stem, it can cause balance problems. Tumbles and falls are a regular part of life for most toddlers. But severe or worsening balance problems in young children warrant a ...

Most brain imaging techniques require a subject, an animal or a human, to be still ... from a small area of the brain in the brain stem,” Hauglund says. “It is mainly known as a response ...

The scientists studied rats after they had a stroke and were treated with modified human stem cells. The image on the screen—showing neurons (green) and other cells (blue) in an animal’s ...