Seattle’s Allen Institute has launched a new division called The Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, which will explore how the brain executes complex actions like decision making, learning and ...

Activating two somatostatin receptors enhances amyloid beta breakdown and improves memory in models of Alzheimer’s disease.

“We found that low rank was generally linked to higher levels of oxidative stress in the brain,” study co-author and Central Michigan University biologist Peter Dijkstra said in a statement. “The ...

A study of 48 post-mortem brains found a protein that appears to protect brain cells from Alzheimer's — even in people who had significant amounts of amyloid plaques in their brains. Now a new insight ...

Google is no longer treating artificial intelligence like a side project—Microsoft and OpenAI have seen to that with the public availability of ChatGPT. Google has already started reorganizing to ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres? A new review examines the advantages and trade-offs, and how the brain ultimately makes vision feel seamless People have a ...

Social stress is bad for your brain. It's a prime suspect in the accumulation of oxidative stress in the brain, which is ...

Most human cells are able to repair damage by dividing at wounds. But mature nerve cells (neurons) in our brain are different. If they attempt division, they will likely die - and this is what happens ...