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A UCLA study using mice reveals new insights into the wiring of a major circuit in the brain that is...
In 2013, the U.S. government began investing $100 million to decipher how the human brain works in a collaborative project...
Two USC researchers whose work linked air pollution to a greater risk of Alzheimer's disease and faster cognitive decline are...
Former US president Barack Obama at the 2013 launch of the BRAIN Initiative with Francis Collins, director of the National...
Cells that normally nourish healthy brain cells called neurons release toxic fatty acids after neurons are damaged, a new study...
The new study found that by tweaking the electrical properties of individual cells in simulations of brain networks, the networks...
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says Instagram can lead young people down a negative spiral -- one they are ill-equipped to...
Metformin, a drug commonly prescribed against diabetes, holds promise against a rare type of childhood brain tumor in laboratory studies,...
Within the brain and other parts of the nervous system, synapses are key junctional points in between neurons (the nerve...