Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells. How does it organize itself along the way? Cold ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, mammals and birds have the largest brains in relation to their body size, ...

A study of killifish reveals how protein dysfunction develops in vertebrate brain cells, a key driver of aging. Aging and neurodegeneration are both known to disrupt the production of functional ...

518-million-year-old fossil reveals vertebrates once had four eyes and extra organs that later shaped evolution.

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...