To address this, scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital created a whole-brain atlas visualizing regions of the brain that send direct inputs to V1 interneurons, a group of cells necessary ...

“Now, with innovative mapping tools – made possible by the NIH BRAIN Initiative – researchers can study how aging affects much of the whole brain. This study shows that examining the brain ...

The study helps in understanding about the nervous system's physical landscape and how the brain communicates with the spine.

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before they reach their destination.

A stage of sleep – reflected in the size of our pupils – is important to committing recent memories to the brain, which could ...

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function.

Fantasy writer Olivie Blake jokingly tells me that she doesn’t know how to write a book. With eight adult fantasy novels and ...