A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

In a little over ten years, organoid models—miniature, lab-grown clusters of cells that imitate real organs—have transformed how we study human development and disease while accelerating drug ...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are a commonly prescribed treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which muscles in the airways collapse during sleep, blocking ...

Scientists help mice regain mobility after a stroke using human stem cell transplants, opening up a promising avenue for ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

During the early thirties, the brain’s wiring pattern moves into what the researchers describe as the adult mode. This adult period is the longest, lasting more than 30 years. A subsequent turning ...

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed ...