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Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

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At this very moment (yes, even as you scroll through this), your brain is pulling off a quiet, awe-inspiring feat. It’s adapting, reconfiguring, making new connections, and letting go of the ones it ...

In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...