Researchers have identified a unique stem cell in the young brain capable of maturing into multiple cell types, potentially explaining the origins of autism and glioblastoma.

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor.

Numenta Inc., a leader in neuroscience-based AI technology, has announced the creation of its open-source Thousand Brains Project as a new, non-profit entity. Grounded in decades of research at ...

Inflammation and Immune Response: Both Alzheimer’s disease and alcohol use disorder showed heightened activity in ...

Some scientists have gone so far as to condemn ubiquitous information as an environmental pollutant, with global costs ...

Membrane potential states gate synaptic consolidation in human neocortical tissue - ...

As this research continues to evolve, it has the potential to redefine AI’s role in industries ranging from robotics to smart ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

Primates have big brains, but so do elephants and whales. Elephants and whales, however, have much larger bodies that their brains monitor and control. Relative to each animal’s body size, primates’ ...

A new study offers an explanation as to how deep sleep — also known as slow wave sleep — helps support the formation of ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin propose an explanation. They found that these slow waves make the neocortex, the brain’s ...