Scientists have found a way to map the intricate patterns of cells in mouse brain tissue with an off-the-shelf light microscope, using a trick that inflates a tiny sample to 16 times its original ...

The inner structures of the brain are difficult to investigate without surgery. Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library. Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the ...

The researchers used a laser-powered microscope to record how individual cells in the animal’s visual cortex lit up as they processed the images flashing by. Next, scientists at the Allen Institute ...

The new microscope offers a number of benefits over the existing brain-imaging technologies, including greater sensitivity, safety, storage size of images and power usage. Specifically, the new system ...

Two brain systems are involved. One, in the basal ganglia (a set of structures deep in the brain’s interior), responds automatically and predictably to certain stimuli.

Brain scans now show that fasting doesn’t just influence how we eat, it reshapes how we think by changing our brains. The practice appears to strengthen regions of the brain involved in focus ...