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

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 ...

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 ...

Early and accurate diagnosis of dementia remains a major challenge. Standard approaches such as MRI and PET scans can provide ...

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

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

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

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

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