Researchers have mapped several direct routes between the human thalamus and amygdala that may help the brain respond rapidly ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, ...

Credit: Allen Institute Scientists exploring the brain’s “blue place” discovered the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse ...

A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic millimeter worth of neurons in the visual cortex of a mouse. Many brain functions, particularly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each colored dot in this image represents a neuron that is firing during the decision-making process. - Daniel ...

With a brain the size of a sesame seed, the lowly fruit fly is often considered a kitchen pest. But to neuroscientists, the flies are a treasure trove of information detailing how the brain’s ...

Let a mouse nose around a house, and it will rapidly find food and form a strategy to return to it without getting caught. Given the same task, an AI would require millions of training examples and ...

The atlas of gene expression in the prefrontal cortex was created using samples from almost 1,500 donors of all ages — from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

A new study reveals that the wide variety of sensory experiences reported by autistic individuals corresponds to distinct ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...

The recently released "connectome" joins a previously completed map of an adult female fruit fly’s brain. The digital 3D diagrams allow scientists to trace precise neural paths in the bugs’ brains, wh ...