The brain may lose control over which genes get expressed as it ages.

Sure, playing video game is fun. But the ability of tiny brain organoids to pick up a skill could provide insight into how ...

We’re a long way from reviving a frozen human, but new research yields insight.

By scanning the brains of mice throughout their lifespans, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered that the human brain is not unique in how ...

The human brain operates as a network of interconnected modules specialized for tasks that become less specialized as people age—a breakdown associated with memory loss and othe ...

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

The concept of “cryosleep” has always been considered a far-fetched reality. To one’s surprise, the idea is shifting from the ...

A familiar trope in science fiction is the cryopreserved time traveller, their body deep-frozen in suspended animation, then ...

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

Researchers have enhanced a cellular road map of how the brain forms and adapts early in life by bringing together genetic ...