Exploring the relationship between cancer cells and nerve cells, which can signal tumors to grow, could unearth ways to slow disease.

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres—what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa ...

Researchers identified neurons in the mouse primary visual cortex that encode illusions that receive information from higher ...

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which ...

Summary: Researchers discovered how the brain develops reliable visual processing once the eyes open. Early on, visual inputs and modular brain responses are mismatched, creating inconsistent patterns ...

Every week, Harvard Medical School neuro-oncologist Annie Hsieh treats patients with gliomas—the most common type of brain cancer, including the deadliest, glioblastoma. After Hsieh's neurosurgeon ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things ...

For decades, scientists have worked to peer deeper into the brain. They have wanted to see not just surface activity in the ...

Scientists have discovered a new brain neuron that may help to curb hunger signals, potentially offering new means of appetite regulation. Weight-loss drugs like semaglutide have become popular in ...