In mouse brains, star-shaped astrocytes form flexible networks that may offer another way for brain regions to communicate.

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging. The ...

An intermediary thalamic relay station (incoming neurons in red, outgoing neurons in green). (Kuno et al., Cell Rep., 2026) A ...

New insight into decision-making pathways in the brain may impact the way engineers think about artificial intelligence, ...

A new study reveals that sensory brain regions, rather than motor areas, play a crucial role in retaining newly learned speech patterns. Researchers tested 60 adults adapting to altered vowel sounds ...

Shifting brain glucose levels act as a metabolic switch that directs OPC proliferation and myelin formation, revealing a mechanism with developmental and clinical implications.

For nearly 25 years, scientists believed they knew what caused the most severe form of narcolepsy. A new UCLA Health study ...

The amount of sugar in the brain plays a key role in governing the activity of the brain cells that make myelin, a study ...

A randomized controlled trial correlates 4 weeks of probiotics to positive microstructure and function changes in several ...

A new study in *PNAS* shows sensory brain regions, rather than motor regions, are crucial for storing new speech patterns. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers found that disrupting ...