A study conducted at the University of Bonn has identified an essential control circuit in flies that regulates food ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

Researchers from Harvard University and Google have unveiled an intricate wiring diagram of the human brain from a tiny piece ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important ...

Imagine a world where Alzheimer's disease could be effectively treated, not just managed. We might be one step closer to that ...

The group of Jürgen Knoblich at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has ...

Scientists have taken the most detailed picture yet of the dynamic brain changes that unfold over the course of a human ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

A mechanism for metabolic disease is traced to a defective cellular scaffolding that holds together the brain’s hunger cells.

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and ...

As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care ...