Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

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For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

That sharp flinch during a violent movie scene is familiar to many people. A hand slams, a body falls, and your own muscles ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

A newly identified lymphatic drainage pathway along the middle meningeal artery reveals how the human brain clears waste. How does the brain clear away waste? This task is handled by the brain’s ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

The DeepInMiniMicroscope developed by UC Davis electrical engineering professor Weijian Yang combines optical technology and machine learning to create a device that can take high-resolution ...

For more than a century, brain imaging has been a story of trade-offs: sharp pictures but slow timing, or fast signals with blurry detail. A new generation of tools is starting to break that ...