In mouse brains, star-shaped astrocytes form flexible networks that may offer another way for brain regions to communicate.

Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval -- the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

Sleep arises from the complex coordination of large-scale brain networks and homeostatic regulatory systems. However, understanding the causal mechanisms ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

BOSTON — Across traditions and centuries, contemplatives have described a similar inner movement: the ordinary sense of self loosens, the boundary between “me” and “everything else” grows permeable, ...