Changes to cellular batteries known as mitochondria may be important for the development of new brain cells.

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative will enable federal agencies and private-sector partners to develop tools and plans to accelerate discoveries and improve health.

Exciting neuroscience research initiatives are being developed all over the world. These efforts will lead to a greater understanding of how the brain functions and how it can become injured or diseased.

Researchers are studying what happens in the brains of people and other animals when laughing to gain deeper insight into human behavior and its evolution.

The human brain is the crowning achievement of evolution. But what makes it so special?

Motor neurons are crucial for movement, from the simplest step to the most complex dance.

Studying sex differences in the brain may one day lead to new information about brain illnesses that affect one sex more than the other.

Fish, frogs, and birds are able to recover from damage to cells in the inner ear that cause permanent hearing loss in people. What makes them different?

At any moment, there is an electrical storm coursing through your body. Discover how chemical reactions create an electric current that drives our responses to everything from hot pans to a mother’s caress.

Signals from the retina must make their way through the eye to the brain.