Ripple and Stellar founder Jed McCaleb wants to build AGI by studying how the brain learns—then translating those rules into ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment, and ...

Researchers have mapped 30 million cells to create a definitive atlas of the human neocortex. This blueprint reveals how human brain development differs from other mammals and provides a roadmap for ...

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Once considered impractical, electron microscopy–based connectomics has transformed neuroscience, earning Nature Methods’ ...

A new single-cell atlas shows how epigenetic changes reshape brain cells during aging, revealing genomic instability, ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment and ...

A next-generation silicon brain probe called Neuropixels Ultra more than doubles the number of individual neurons scientists ...

Researchers identify a gene expression program in the living human brain that tracks with real-time neurotransmission, ...

Engineered proteins that can cross the blood–brain barrier represent a reliable and non-invasive way to map gene expression in the brains of large animals. Gene therapy has been successfully used to ...

When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...