Scientists have created a new way to map how brain cells connect by assigning each neuron a unique molecular “barcode.” Using ...

Researchers released the first detailed map of smell receptors in the nose, organized into horizontal stripes that mirror the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

If a small stroke in one corner of the brain can tip a previously healthy person into mania or set off obsessions and ...

Your brain’s blood supply follows a precise map — and knowing it can save lives in a stroke emergency. From the circle of Willis to the middle cerebral artery, each vessel feeds specific brain regions ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...

For 200 years, scientists have speculated that different parts of the brain were responsible for different types of activity and behaviors and have tried to build maps of the brain, carving it up into ...

Next-gen brain maps: Researchers are creating probabilistic and histological atlases from high-resolution MRI, offering standardized, detailed views of brain anatomy. Beyond static images: ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

Doidge (2010), referring to a study undertaken by Michael Merzenich et al. (1983), found that “[w]hen it came to allocating brain‑processing power,” the brain allocated “[its] neurological resources” ...