A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

Researchers have identified specific coupled patterns of brain activity and gene expression that help explain impulsive ...

Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped ...

The amygdala is a paired structure deep within the brain, consisting of several nuclei. Two nuclei are responsible for fear: ...

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

The researchers discovered that the missing piece of myelin resulted in slower and less consistent signal transmission to the thalamus. "We had anticipated this, because myelin is known to be ...

The cerebellum (which is Latin for ‘little brain’) is the area of the brain in charge of fine motor coordination and balance, and it keeps our movements smooth and stable by predicting what our next ...

How do wounded soldiers power through to achieve feats of heroism? Understanding how the brain works is a key to avoid losing wars.

We conclude that brain states are shaped by local circuit mechanisms, large-scale connectivity and neuromodulation. A unified multiscale theory of cortical dynamics is relevant not only for ...