Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Microscopic claw hairs help hermit crabs sense threats and make quick decisions, revealing a link between anatomy and ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors ...

Scientists use electric fields to detect aging 'zombie' cells without dyes or labels, offering a breakthrough for ...

The herb rosemary has been linked with memory—now researchers turned the compound against Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive ...

For his outstanding achievements in his doctorate at the interface between chemistry and biology, Jonas Wilhelm is awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2025 by the Max Planck Society. He wrote his doctoral ...

Some 45 labs in the prestigious sciences center were damaged and might take years -- and tens of millions -- to rebuild. Multiple researchers lost their life's work ...

The developing human brain gains billions of neurons while in the womb ... "In tissue sections, one can study these markers under the microscope and look for patterns that are consistent with neuronal ...

Under a microscope, I can tell which sets of neurons in that region were active in a behavioral memory task, and how that neural activity changes with age.

A compound in a popular herb might help keep cognitive decline at bay. Researchers at Scripps Research in San Diego have created a synthetic version of the antioxidant carnosic acid, which is found in ...

In summary, the study shows that a gentle form of brain stimulation can activate parts of the brain that stop working properly in Alzheimer’s disease. It brings hope that one day, treatments like rTMS ...