A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

Thousands of times per year, a family's moment of joy turns to unexpected grief. A seemingly healthy infant stops smiling or ...

The primary cilium acts as a specialized protein factory essential for brain development and linked to Filippi syndrome.

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 ...

People given general anaesthesia fall into a coma-like state in which their memory and perception of pain are switched off.

The human brain is a marvel of complexity. It contains specialised and interconnected structures controlling our thoughts, personality and behaviour. The size and shape of our brains also play a ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that clusters of brain tissue derived from the cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease may be used to evaluate how ...

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 ...

(Mevans/E+/Getty Images) A higher level of the fat that gathers around organs has been linked to faster brain aging in a new ...

People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...

A new study shows how the hippocampus binds place and emotion, replaying threat more vividly during sleep to shape memory, ...