The human brain contains billions of neurons, specialized nerve cells that communicate with each other via electrical and ...

At one busy exhibit at the 2024 Beckman Institute Open House, visitors donned headbands with sensors and focused on foam balls hovering above small fans. It seemed like the visitors simply watched the ...

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that individual cells in the human ...

Researcher have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain that fires electrical impulses. The cells are hybrids, part neuron and part glia, and are present in both glioma, a type of brain tumor, ...

Scientists have discovered how damage to the myelin sheath—the insulating layer around nerve fibers—affects brain activity ...

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at the Texas Children’s Hospital have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain. The team ...

Hans Berger recorded the first human EEG in 1924. EEG records electrical activity via 16–25 scalp electrodes. Focal “slowing” in brain waves can indicate tumors or lesions. Patients must avoid ...

A less invasive brain-computer interface is being developed to help people with impaired speech, including ALS, communicate.

Many Australians living with neurological disorders, such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, experience speech ...