In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

Researchers preparing to scan a human heart from a donor. (ESRF/Stef Candé) A pioneering project has revealed the human body ...

Researchers debunk what science believed about brain cell structure for 100 years, finding axons form repeating pearl-like ...

"This is the first study to directly link senescence-related molecular networks in living human brain tissue to measurable differences in brain structure within the same individuals," said Noam ...

The uncinate fasciculus is a major white matter pathway involved in memory, emotion, and language, but its microscopic ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those differences probably ...