One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils in the brain.

Monkey experiments hint at a "motivation brake" pathway between two brain regions. Manipulating it may lead to new treatments ...

The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

Researchers analyzed the diagnostic value of stereotactic brain biopsy in patients with leukemia presenting central ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

Some people can drop a task midstream, respond to a curveball, and then slide back into deep focus with barely a hitch.

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life. But, ironically, that life-saving rush of blood can also trigger a second ...

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lanzhou University has obtained ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...