A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Magnetic resonance imaging often yields inconsistent results when assessing the brain’s structural characteristics in ...

For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied ...

Scientists have revealed the molecular structure of a type of receptor that's crucial to brain development and function. 'This study shows the dominant assemblies and states of the GABA receptor. That ...

Prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos is associated with altered brain structure, function, and metabolism, with a duration into late childhood and adolescence.

In addition to harming non-target insects like bees, it has also been linked to health risks for much larger animals – including us. Now, a new US study suggests those risks may begin before birth.

Researchers tested a new MRI correction method, called the traveling-subject (TS) approach, to resolve inconsistencies in ...