The German team now believes it can overcome hurdles that stalled previous attempts, such as the decade-old Human Brain ...

Sometimes dubbed the 'pleasure chemical', dopamine is often wildly misunderstood. Nikolay Kukushkin delves into what the much ...

Understanding human gene function in living organisms has long been hampered by fundamental differences between species.

A new study links brain timing to body ownership, showing how alpha waves affect whether sight and touch feel self-related.

Recent medical research indicates that the heightened risk of heart disease observed in patients with depression or anxiety ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

Study shows alpha brain wave frequency shapes how the brain integrates touch and vision to create the feeling that your body ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

New research has shown how brain cells acquire a cancerous mutation and spread across the cortex, opening a new path for ...

New research has identified that neuroinflammation driven by microglia (immune cells in the brain) is a primary underlying ...

IDH-mutant glioma, caused by abnormalities in a specific gene (IDH), is the most common malignant brain tumor among young ...