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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

Targeted Interneuron Manipulation Improves Learning and Memory Processing Capabilities

Researchers were able to restore the function of neurons linked to cognitive function and information processing in mice that mimic key features of Alzheimer's disease, showing early promise for the development of a similar targeted therapy in humans.

16 Oct 2026

New Open-Source Resource Maps Adolescent Brain Development Across Large Datasets

Researchers have created a large, openly available neuroimaging resource from more than 24,000 MRI scans of over 10,000 adolescents, providing an unprecedented view of how the brain's wiring develops during adolescence.

15 Oct 2026

Mount Sinai Launches Bioengineered Brain and Heart Models Into Space

Mount Sinai researchers are sending bioengineered human brain and cardiovascular tissue models into space for the first time today, as part of the SpaceX CRS-35 mission, to study brain activity, cardiovascular function, and accelerated aging in orbit.

15 Oct 2026

The Highs and Lows of Life Both Shape How the Brain Ages

Life experiences can shape perspectives, values and decisions in individuals. Now, researchers are looking at the impact of life experiences - both good and bad - on the ageing brain.

14 Oct 2026

Study Links Brain Epigenetic Changes and Tau Accumulation to Alzheimer's Pathology

Scientists know that age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but aging alone doesn't explain why some people develop the condition while others do not.

14 Oct 2026

Study Identifies Single Hydrophobic Hotspot Driving Tau Protein Misfolding Propagation

Diseases such as Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia are considered neurodegenerative tauopathies, in which tau proteins in the brain misfold and lead to cognitive decline. Until now, it has been unclear how misfolded tau recruits other seemingly healthy tau and causes it to misfold and clump.

13 Oct 2026

Study Challenges Traditional Nutrition Assumptions Regarding Equivalent Dietary Calorie Impacts

Most nutrition science suggests that meals with the same basic nutritional profile will have the same impact on a person's blood sugar.

13 Oct 2026

The Story Behind the Butterfly’s Enhanced Visual World of Color

Many insects see the world through hundreds of tiny lenses that are grouped together in a visual organ known as the compound eye. Behind each lens sits a cluster of eight light-detecting cells arranged in a pattern that scientists believe has existed for hundreds of millions of years.

10 Oct 2026

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Researchers from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn have succeeded in dramatically rejuvenating human cells in a test tube. To do so, they directly reprogrammed red blood cell precursors into stem cells from which neurons can be derived. During this process, the molecular clocks that indicate a cell's age were reset.

10 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor found outside of the brain in children, yet why some children respond well to treatment while others do not has remained poorly understood. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and their collaborators built one of the most comprehensive datasets of neuroblastoma cells to date, using it to define the tumor's cell types and identify a gene signature marking a malignant cell population tied to poor prognosis.

10 Oct 2026

Females with Autoimmune Diseases ‘Less Likely to be Believed’ Than Males and Face Longer Diagnostic Delays

Females with autoimmune diseases are significantly more likely than males to have their autoimmune disease misdiagnosed as a psychiatric or psychosomatic condition, according to a study of more than 6,600 patients.

9 Oct 2026

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

8 Oct 2026

Newly Discovered Hair Cells on Squid May Offer Clues to Understand Hearing Loss in Humans

Scientists for years have known that squids have cells with bundles of tiny, hair-like protrusions on their heads and arms like those buried deep inside the human ear that allow us to hear.

6 Oct 2026

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

The protein alpha-synuclein is abundant in healthy brains and plays an important role in enabling communication between nerve cells.

6 Oct 2026

Gut Bacterial Gene tnaA Converts Dietary Tryptophan Into Toxic Indole

Researchers at LMU have discovered how a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can influence brain damage after stroke.

5 Oct 2026

Electron Microscopy Imaging Confirms Piezo1-Dependent Axonal Sheath Structural Remodeling

Researchers at Upstate Medical University have identified a key mechanism that helps determine the length of myelin, the protective coating that surrounds many nerve fibers and allows signals to travel efficiently through the nervous system.

1 Oct 2026

Innovative OpenFISH Technique Enables Integrated Spatial Molecular Imaging in Tissues

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) shows which genes are being expressed and where within a tissue. Spatial metabolomics (SM), on the other hand, maps the location of metabolites—small molecules produced or used by cells—within tissue.

30 Sep 2026

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

There is no treatment available today to stop the death of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, in which twisted clumps of a protein called tau accumulate in the brain.

29 Sep 2026

Small Insect Nervous Systems Process Multi-Dimensional Sensory Data During Target Location

A pregnant female Ormia ochracea fly has a challenging problem to solve. She must listen for the song of male crickets, locate one in the dark, and use him as a host for her developing offspring.

29 Sep 2026

Scientists Pinpoint the Brain Circuit That Regulates Metabolism

As the body’s temperature decreases, it compensates by utilizing additional energy to produce heat and stimulating the desire to eat to replenish the energy expended for warmth.

28 Sep 2026

Brain News and Research

Targeted Interneuron Manipulation Improves Learning and Memory Processing Capabilities

New Open-Source Resource Maps Adolescent Brain Development Across Large Datasets

Mount Sinai Launches Bioengineered Brain and Heart Models Into Space

The Highs and Lows of Life Both Shape How the Brain Ages

Study Links Brain Epigenetic Changes and Tau Accumulation to Alzheimer's Pathology

Study Identifies Single Hydrophobic Hotspot Driving Tau Protein Misfolding Propagation

Study Challenges Traditional Nutrition Assumptions Regarding Equivalent Dietary Calorie Impacts

The Story Behind the Butterfly’s Enhanced Visual World of Color

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Females with Autoimmune Diseases ‘Less Likely to be Believed’ Than Males and Face Longer Diagnostic Delays

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Newly Discovered Hair Cells on Squid May Offer Clues to Understand Hearing Loss in Humans

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

Gut Bacterial Gene tnaA Converts Dietary Tryptophan Into Toxic Indole

Electron Microscopy Imaging Confirms Piezo1-Dependent Axonal Sheath Structural Remodeling

Innovative OpenFISH Technique Enables Integrated Spatial Molecular Imaging in Tissues

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

Small Insect Nervous Systems Process Multi-Dimensional Sensory Data During Target Location

Scientists Pinpoint the Brain Circuit That Regulates Metabolism

The Future of Vision Restoration With ReVision Implant

How a Single List Is Changing Visibility for Women in Science

How Avatar Medical's 3D Technology Is Transforming How We Visualize the Human Body

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