Scientists have kept human brain organoids alive and maturing in the laboratory for more than five years, some even reaching ...

A scientific team has shown that, under the right circumstances, 3D cell culture models of human brain tissue, known as ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

Researchers theorize that further investigation into the stem cell niche—the microenvironment containing nearby cells, blood vessels, signaling molecules, and other structures—could create more robust ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects every individual differently. Scientists have identified more than a thousand genes associated with ASD, yet no single gene accounts for most cases. This has ...

In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the brain firing together. For instance, when the neurons associated with the process of recognizing a dog begin to fire in ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...