For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

"Our findings demonstrate that CLOCK has undergone evolutionary gains of extra-circadian function, and that these functions may contribute to human-specific brain specializations," said Konopka.

Higher-order connectomics of human brain function reveals local topological signatures of task decoding, individual identification, and behavior. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038 ...

Researchers have discovered that parts of the human brain age more slowly than previously thought—particularly in the region ...

A growing body of research suggests that the brain clears waste during sleep via the glymphatic system. How does this work ...

This moving dot depicts something few people have ever seen: fresh cerebrospinal fluid flowing from the spinal cord into the ...

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human ...

Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its ...