The damage doesn't happen in long-term missions; just spending a couple of weeks in orbit can physically reshape an astronaut ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

The brains of humans and other mammals contain a vast array of neuronal and non-neuronal cell types. The human capacity to process information into complex emotions, behaviours and decisions relies on ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that the gut microbiome of larger-brained primates, such as humans, produces more metabolic energy, which helps provide the brain with extra fuel ...