Imagine waking up thirsty at night and having to reach for a glass of water in the dark. Without a clear view, your brain has ...

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

Mouse visual cortex wiring diagram and functional map offers insight into human brain complexity and cognition.

I think it's important to recognize not only how fake science can degrade medicine and exploit health care consumers, but also how real science can benefit medicine and consumers. It's also important ...

A new study by neuroscientists shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in distinct ways. Depending on the type of uncertainty, planning and execution of ...

A new USC study reveals how gut-derived metabolites influence brain activity and autism-related behaviors. The research ...

And second, this learning activity happened in the sensory cortex, something that has typically been associated with nonsensory brain areas. "This work illustrates the importance of assessing how ...

Learning happens in the sensory cortex, an area believed to only process sensory input "Looking at a tiny part of the brain in a mouse, we can understand how the brain learns, and we can make ...

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

A research team at Stanford University has become the first to assemble a functioning brain circuit in a lab dish by ...