Examination of the subject's anatomical brain structure showed dramatic loss of gray matter volume over the course of ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

The parts of the brain needed to remember words have been identified. Those areas are affected by a common form of epilepsy, ...

New research reveals that Type 2 diabetes may impair the brain’s reward and memory processing in ways that mirror early ...

High-resolution MRI scans were used to measure the size and shape of different parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex - the outer layer of the brain responsible for thinking ...

For the first time, researchers have directly observed dopamine release in the human brain during moments of cognitive ...

Marking a breakthrough in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San ...

By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, JHU researchers shed light on the ...