For parasitologists, the answer is simple. Neatly housed in each of the myriad segments of a giant T. solium tapeworm are ...

The human brain is known to contain a wide range of cell types, which have different roles and functions. The processes via ...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are ...

While extremely rare, encephalopathy (a condition affecting brain function) triggered by mutations in the UBA5 gene has devastating impacts, with affected individuals reaching few developmental ...

Researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior.

A decades-old challenge in neuroscience has been solved by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the electrical signatures of different types of brain cells for the first time, as part ...

What happens in the brain when our senses don't match our expectations—for example, when we take a step, but there's no sound ...