Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Despite their initially disappointing results, Qi and her colleagues continued working on their handwriting BCI, by exploring the processes via which the brain, specifically the motor cortex encodes ...

The microscopic image shows a nerve cell and a magnified view of the investigated synapses. Calcium was released at these sites using a UV flash, which triggered the release of the neurotransmitter.

But researchers were concerned about whether this procedure might have other, less desirable effects. What happens when the right and left sides of the cerebral cortex—responsible for an enormous ...