A complementary drug to combat Alzheimer's disease could target a specific part of the nerve cell protein tau. This is the finding of new research which also offers a better way to measure the effect ...

Scientists have confirmed the world’s largest underground thermal lake, known as Neuron lake, inside a cave in southern ...

Are you sleep deprived? Well, new research shows that just one night of bad sleep has a huge impact on how our brain ...

Researchers have returned to an underground thermal lake they first came across in 2021 in southern Albania and confirmed it ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...

A new mathematical model sheds light on how the brain processes different cues, such as sights and sounds, during decision making.

Motor neuron disease (MND), often referred to by the name of one of its varieties, ALS, is a degenerative condition that ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...

Advancements could enhance perceptual capabilities in robotics. Artificially engineered biological processes, such as ...