From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. Advances in neuro-imaging and molecular biology have only ...
Like fingerprints, human brains are unique. Scientists are working to map the variability of individual brains and to inform personalized therapeutics for treatment-resistant disease. These findings ...
The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...
This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW considers the purpose of sleep and, in particular, the connection it shares with memory. By studying the dreams of rats, researchers are hoping to gain ...
Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have identified the amygdala as a key origin of anxiety. Scientists have discovered a ...
BraDiPho (Brain Dissection Photogrammetry) is an innovative tool for the study of white matter connections in the human brain. The realistic map was developed by a group of researchers from the ...
A recently published neuroimaging study (Vallat et al., 2018) looked at the relationship between brain anatomy and dream recall. Recalling dreams is the ability to remember a dream upon awakening, and ...