India's new brainstem atlas offers scientists an unprecedented map of one of the brain's least known regions.

Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how ...

A protein that neurons rely on to share genetic messages with each other also packages and spreads toxic tau, the misfolded ...

For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

A research team led by Professor Il-Joo Cho of Korea University College of Medicine has developed a novel brain implant ...

A molecule linked to chronic inflammation disrupts the brain's ability to create new neurons, uncovering a pathway with ...

Some people remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer's brain changes. A new study suggests rare immature neurons may help ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects millions of people worldwide every year and remains a major cause of long-term disability, cognitive decline, and neurological complications.

Parkinson's attacks a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) ...

A team of neurologists, bioengineers and radiologists has found that two neurons in the human brain that code for dopamine production have to work harder than similar cells in primate relatives. The ...