Although the human brain is capable of sifting through a billion bits of information per second, scientists recently found ...

Stanford Medicine scientists are generating a periodic table of sorts for psychiatric disorders, providing a better ...

Imagine a swarm of fireflies, flickering lights on and off in the nighttime space. How does the human brain process and integrate information about duration and spatial position enabling this vision?

Wildfire smoke, long recognized as a health threat to the lungs and heart, may also pose significant risks to brain health, ...

Traditionally, scientists organized brain cells into two major types: neurons and glial cells ... of the 25,000 genes in the study. In general, human cells had more upregulated genes compared ...

Learn how scientists have identified key regions of the brain where aging begins. Dive into the fascinating cellular atlas of ...

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

S tructural differences between male and female brains are apparent from the very earliest days of life, according to a new study. The researchers found that even in young babies, female brains have ...