From bending lines to phantom shapes, optical illusions reveal how our brains fill in the gaps, sometimes creating what isn’t really there. New research has pinpointed special neurons that help ...

While past research has hinted at an overlap in relevant brain regions, the new work drills down to the cellular level. The ...

When the aging brain misfires, the results can be astonishing and a little alarming.

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Miraculously, our brain is able to recall images of things we had seen in the past in a way that still feels real. A study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University, published in the journal ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective ...

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable ...

A new study identifies a neuronal circuit from the motor cortex to the insular cortex, offering a new target for non-invasive ...

While tics have been considered to result from an aberrant function of the brain's motor cortex, a Kobe University mouse ...

When a patient thinks about walking, a tiny, built-in computer decodes those signals and tells the wearable robotic legs to ...

Using single-nucleus RNA sequencing, the authors map transcriptional changes in the rat ventral tegmental area following chronic inflammatory pain and acute morphine exposure. Notably, their ...

Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development before birth—a resource that resolves longstanding ...