A study identifies four key turning points in the development of neural connections throughout life, a finding that may help in understanding alterations in cognition and behavior
A multibillion-dollar project reveals critical moments during pregnancy, and even after birth, when the risk of neurological development disorders like autism, schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder is highest
The biochemist, who died at 88 in La Jolla, California, transformed the lives of millions after participating in the development of 40 new drugs, including the best-selling one in history
The Montreal-based researcher, a pioneer in the neuroscience of music, claims the role of this discipline as a tool with therapeutic potential for communication and expression of emotions
A scientific team has used millions of human cells to build neural circuits in the laboratory that sense painful stimuli and trigger suffering
The Palestinian scientist has managed to create living structures similar to two-week-old human embryos in his laboratory in Israel
These ‘glutamatergic astrocytes’ could play a role in understanding disorders such as Alzheimer’s, according to the scientists who have discovered them
A study returns to the case of a soldier injured during the Spanish Civil War who inspired doctor Justo Gonzalo’s theory of the human brain