A fossilized larva dating back over half a billion years has been discovered with its brain, digestive system, and nerve ...

The ability to follow patients with this high sensitivity allows us to make a more accurate and precise measurement, and we can see small changes or see them in a shorter period of time…,” ...

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 ...

Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s disease have determined the structure of molecules within a human brain for the very first time. Using cryo-electron tomography, guided by fluorescence microscopy, ...

PHILADELPHIA— Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

For decades, neurology treated the brain like a black box, nudging it with drugs and hoping symptoms would ease. Now ...

Talk about a bright idea: Thanks to chemists at Rice University and Stanford University, lighting up the brain is no longer just a figure of speech. Rice's Han Xiao, Stanford's Zhen Cheng and ...

Behaviors often include lying, impulsiveness and aggression. Many of those who've exhibited lifelong antisocial, aka sociopathic, behavior -- lying, impulsiveness, aggression, lacking concern for ...

A new study has reignited the debate over whether political ideology is linked to brain structure. The research, published in the journal iScience, offers a more nuanced view than earlier findings, ...