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

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

Studies show the menstrual cycle changes certain brain regions. But they don’t reveal whether that’s connected to emotional fluctuations. Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...