Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

The human brain must be able to link memory content to the circumstances in which it occurs. Researchers in Bonn have now ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

The human brain must be able to link memory content to the circumstances in which it occurs. Researchers in Bonn have now discovered how the human brain uses two different groups of neurons to store ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising ...

New research shows that pain-sensing neurons in the gut can kick-start inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Transferring mitochondria, or the glial cells that produce them, to mice with nerve damage mitigated pain, suggesting a ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...