New research suggests that calming the brain's immune cells might prevent or lessen the damaging inflammation seen in ...

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A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

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A small study suggests that gut imbalances may explain why some autistic children experience changes in brain function and behavior.

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...

From a cubic millimeter of brain tissue, scientists have constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.

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Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin. These findings indicate that myelin (a substance that surrounds the neurons) exhibits behavior that was previously unknown, and ...