The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain’s remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and ...

The brain controls the release of glucose in a wide range of stressful circumstances, including fasting and low blood sugar ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...

How can neurons respond to optical stimulation without genetic or structural alterations? Turns out that a thin-layer carbon ...

The team believes that these protective mechanisms allow the neurons to first survive the injury. They then adopt a “spontaneous plasticity,” or flexibility in their functions.