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 ...

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that results in memory loss and cognitive decline. It's caused by brain cells dying and the brain itself shrinking from a buildup of proteins. Millions of seniors ...

The study comes from the University of Tsukuba’s Sleep Institute and it investigates the role that brain neuron splay with anxiety and difficulties with sleeping. The researchers have detected neurons ...

This work establishes a valuable theoretical finding about how the spike timing dependence of inhibitory plasticity shapes recurrent network connectivity. The combination of theoretical analysis and ...

The circadian clock, an internal timekeeping system, enables organisms to respond to rhythmic environmental changes occurring over 24 hours. The master circadian clock located in the brain regulates ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the brain neurons (neurons) activated when mice make decisions, marking the first large-scale recording of individual neuron activity across the entire mouse brain.