Neurons that track which direction an animal faces can hold their firing patterns steady for months, even as other brain ...

A new study published in Nature suggests that the neural foundations of spatial navigation—the brain's internal "GPS"—may have emerged far earlier in evolution than previously believed. The research, ...

New research shows stress impairs direction sense, weakening the brain’s navigation system and making it harder to stay oriented.

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists found the brain's internal GPS changes each time we navigate a familiar, static environment. This means that if someone walks the same path ...

A new single-cell atlas shows how epigenetic changes reshape brain cells during aging, revealing genomic instability, ...

A new spatial transcriptomic approach captures the regulation of splicing and polyadenylation sites during pubescent brain development at near-single-cell resolution. An international collaboration, ...

The brain helps us navigate through the world, but it also functions as a navigational system. This is the opinion of ...