Once in the hippocampus, memories and learning can be transmitted to different parts of the brain and retrieved whenever ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sent between neurons—specialized cells that ...

A key feature that appears to facilitate neuroplasticity is the distinct nature of neurons compared to other cells.

For the first time, a lab-grown brain-computer system has demonstrated that human neurons living and evolving in an ...

With a broader perspective, the current study investigates how the billions of neurons in the cortex coordinate their firing to process information. There are 16 billion neurons in the cortex ...

A flair of energy in the brain in a dying patient who had “no blood pressure” or “heart rate” could be evidence of the “soul leaving the body” after death, according to an expert.

The brain cells that fire during learning and memory are firing in response to the concept of that character and will fire in any context in which that concept features.

At the same time, in your brain, the neurons needed to execute that swing start firing in a new way. Maybe it’s a handful of neurons that have always been there, but they’ve never before ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

From a cubic millimeter of tissue, scientists constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.

New research uncovers why acute pain fades but chronic pain lingers—revealing how the brain's pain-regulating system breaks down and pointing to new treatment possibilities.