Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

Recent technological and scientific advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, which is in turn ...

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients ...

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Neuroscientists Elizabeth Rizor and Viktoriya Babenko from the University of California decided to follow thirty women ...

For the first time, scientists have unraveled the structure of proteins in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The findings provide clues into how these disease-causing proteins interact ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

New research among World Trade Center (WTC) responders with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered ...

Political views are tied to brain structure, study suggests. April 7, 2011— -- Amid the looming prospect of a government shutdown, the clock is ticking for Democrats and Republicans to strike a ...