Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication ...

The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a program Thursday to advance brain-repair research and develop ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

In other animals, scientists have long known that the brain continues to make new neurons throughout life. But in humans, ...

Based on the analysis, the brain appears to be a particularly strong predictor of not just Alzheimer’s disease, but longevity ...

“The best outcomes, explains Dr. Modak, “occur when the medication is administered within 3 to 4.5 hours of the onset of ...

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine, Dr. Michael C. Oldham shares his unconventional journey from advertising executive to computational neuroscientist and his ...