Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.

Scientists have grown human brain tissue to fill most of a mouse’s cortex, creating a new model for studying brain disease ...

The recently released "connectome" joins a previously completed map of an adult female fruit fly’s brain. The digital 3D diagrams allow scientists to trace precise neural paths in the bugs’ brains, wh ...

But models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park ...

New neurotechnology could eventually help people who have lost speech faculties due to stroke or brain conditions ...

Scientists discovered a hidden “immune organ” inside the skull that acts as a rapid first responder against brain cancer in ...

Lab-grown organoids wire into mice missing a key part of their brain, offering a new way to test drugs for developmental ...

In the latest advance in brain-computer interfaces, a company said its wireless device enabled speech even when a patient ...

Scientists are continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible in neuroscience. A study out today illustrates that it’s ...

Ideally, the brain functions and focuses on deeper-level thinking for about 90 to 120 minutes at a time, then benefits from ...

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like ...

Scientists have genetically engineered mice brains to enable human cerebral tissue to take root in them, in a breakthrough ...