"Yogis believe that the nervous system is so important that it contains all of the body’s chakras," writes Tony Sanchez.

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A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

Chinese and French scientists have created a comprehensive blueprint of the crab-eating macaque's claustrum, advancing ...

Many teachers and parents know neuroscience, the study of how the brain functions and develops, is important for children's ...

From a cubic millimeter of brain tissue, scientists have constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing 84,000 neurons and more than 500 million synapses.

The map details the form, function and activity of 84,000 neurons ... brain “connectome” that shows how specific parts of the mouse brain are organized and offers insight into how different ...