From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...

Neuroscientists and computer scientists from Princeton University, the Allen Institute and Baylor College of Medicine have just released a collection of data that marries a 3-D wiring diagram with the ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in ...

Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be ...

New research shows fat in arms, legs, torso, and around organs affects brain health differently, with visceral fat tied to ...

Sex hormones influence the structure and function of the brain, but little is known about the effect of hormone therapies (HT) on changes in the brain during menopause. A new study shows smaller ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...