A tiny version of a developing cerebral cortex – a brain region involved in thinking, memory and problem-solving – has been ...

Deep brain stimulation is a key procedure in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Researchers have now identified the ...

Researchers have uncovered a fast-acting brain network that may determine how effectively deep brain stimulation improves Parkinson’s symptoms. Parkinson’s disease can make everyday movements slow, ...

My legs go numb after only 15 minutes of walking, due to spinal stenosis. Is there anything I can do to relieve the symptoms?

One of the problems with the study of consciousness is the lack of a universally accepted operational definition. Scientist René Descartes famously proposed the idea of cogito ergo sum (“I think, ...

A research team from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has completed ...

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that one of the most common malignant brain tumors in young adults may begin years ...

She told Mary that she’d started taking Ozempic for weight loss. “If I have more than two beers now, I go outside and barf,” ...