In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

Physics informs when impact to the head or a pane of glass occurs, there is a transfer of energy that reverberates and ...

Neurologists know that exercise benefits the brain by increasing blood flow and ferrying oxygen to it. Even a small dose of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s ...

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution.

From Our Neurons to Yours," a podcast of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, recently launched a new season and 50th episode ...

Discover the story of the human brain like never before with Dr Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a pioneering neuroscientist from ...