3-D human 'mini-brains' shed new light on major mental illness

Using human stem cells, researchers create 3-D model of the brain to study a mutation tied to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.

Alzheimer's Gene is Neutralized in Human Brain Cells for the First Time

US Scientists managed to identify the gene that caused Alzheimer’s disease. Not only that, but they also managed to neutralize the gene so that it did not lead to Alzheimer’s development.

Genes for longer life and intelligence overlap

Investigators have discovered dozens of new genetic variations associated with a person's general cognitive ability. While profiling cognitive ability, researchers also discovered a genetic overlap with longevity.

For the First Time Scientists Have Boosted Human Memory

A professor from the University of Southern California has demonstrated the use of a brain implant to improve the human memory.

Allen Institute shares first open database of live human brain cells

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to a publicly available database for researchers to explore and understand the building blocks of the human brain.

Magic mushrooms can ‘defrag’ the brains of depressed patients

Psilocybin makes a brain circuit involved in depression break down and reform anew.

First evidence of the body's waste system in the human brain discovered

By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body's sewer system.

Researchers discover the key to long-term memory

After a 30-year quest, a US professor has discovered the molecule that stores long-term memories. The discovery resolves one of the oldest mysteries in neuroscience — how do our brains create and retain long-term memories.

After 15 years in a vegetative state, nerve stimulation restores consciousness

A treatment already in use for epilepsy and depression—can help to restore consciousness even after many years in a vegetative state.

In a ‘World First’, Scientists Reverse A Brain Damage

This may be the first ever recorded case of “healing” brain damage.

Scientists replay movie encoded in DNA

For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in, and then played back from, DNA in living cells.

Select memories can be erased, leaving others intact

Different types of memories stored in the same neuron can be selectively erased, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center.

Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networks

A new study has discovered structures in the brain with up to eleven dimensions - ground-breaking work that is beginning to reveal the brain's deepest architectural secrets.

Scientists have identified 40 new genes linked to intelligence

Scientists have discovered 40 new genes that appear to be linked to intelligence. The find could help to understand how the brain develops key functions associated with thinking.