A brisk walk, a splash of water aerobics, or even a light jog around the block—if your heart rate goes up then so too will ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

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

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for ...

A groundbreaking study has shown that as children age, excitatory brain activity decreases while inhibitory activity ...

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction, ...

showing how immune molecules called cytokines influence brain activity. While scientists have long known that cytokines impact emotions and brain function, the specific mechanisms and regions in ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections. A neuron extends an axon to make contact with ...

People’s political affiliation can be shown in their brain activity when they carry out mundane chores such as buying food, a new study shows. How the brain reacts to food purchasing decisions ...

to zoom into the brain activity of mice and track the activities of synapses and neuron cells during learning activities. With the ability to see individual synapses like never before, the new ...

To make the map, scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston began by using specialized microscopes to record the brain activity in a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of tissue in a lab mouse ...