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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared ...

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

But a new ultrasound helmet might be able to precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without the need for surgery, ...