This model could influence pharmaceutical testing, particularly benefiting drug safety for pregnant women. Microglia are special cells in the human brain ... face across the body are a common ...

This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

The 3D brain map includes more than 200,000 cells, 523 million synapses and over two miles of axons, representing the most detailed wiring diagram of a piece of mammal brain ever constructed ...

The results show that mitochondria, which generate the energy that powers cells, differ in type and density in different parts ... And the brain accounts for 20% of the human body’s energy ...

Researchers put forward a comprehensive model outlining the conditions that may give rise to the vivid mental phenomena that ...

From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section of a mammalian brain. This feat, part of the MICrONS Project, rivals the ...

A team from Peking University has unveiled a model that can generate highly realistic human motion digitally through AI-based text input.

Researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease ...