A new study suggests that how neurons process energy may determine whether they resist damage or begin to break down.

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body.

Scientists can finally hear the brain’s quietest messages—unlocking the hidden code behind how neurons think, decide, and ...

Neuroscientists have long dreamed of watching thoughts unfold as they happen, without disturbing the fragile tissue that ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers ...

For more than a century, neuroscience textbooks have treated damaged neurons in the adult central nervous system as a dead end, especially in the delicate circuitry that carries visual information ...

MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

New research shows that neurons can stabilize their signaling using a fast, physical mechanism — not the electrical activity ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers ...