Princeton University scientists have mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, making major strides to better understand the ...

The human brain's remarkably prolonged development is unique among mammals and is thought to contribute to our advanced ...

Human-specific genes control a crucial gene associated with autism spectrum disorders. The human brain's unusually extended ...

Neuroscientists Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute used 21 million images of an adult ...

Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...

published in Neuron, reveal a surprising link between human brain evolution and neurodevelopmental disorders (1 Trusted ...

A dendrite – an extension of a neuron - from a 12 ... The human brain stands out among mammals for its remarkably prolonged development. Synapses – critical connections between neurons of ...

By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Although neurobiological studies have long studied the various regions of the brain, there was an ...