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 ...

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience offers insight into how small grooves in the brain’s surface — known as tertiary sulci — might help explain individual differences in reasoning ...

The human body is packed with natural rhythms, from your sleep-wake cycle to the steady pulsing of blood through the brain to ...

Time to rewrite the brain anatomy textbook? In addition to the outermost dura, middle arachnoid, and innermost pia membranes surrounding the brain, researchers led by Kjeld Møllgård, University of ...

Most people salute the flag by respectfully placing their right hand over their heart, but not everyone does this. That's because some people (1 in 10,000) are born with their heart on the wrong side.

The breakdown of myelin, the insulating layer around brain cells that supports brain function, is prevalent in a range of ...