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

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

A major neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithm. In a study published this month in Cell, a multinational team of ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

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

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted with high specificity by one of the many new genetic tools developed at the Allen Institute. The brain is like an ...

The human brain is much more flexible than we ever thought. New studies have begun to suggest that, even in adulthood, the ...