Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...
For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...
The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...
Brain changes during menopause could help explain why some people experience neurological symptoms such as anxiety, ...
An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution. Using mouse models ...
More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along with the buildup of amyloid-beta (amyloid) plaques and tau protein tangles.