Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly to a human cortex. It is the outer brain shell responsible for controlling perception and some ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition ...

A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

Visitors to the second annual Burnley Health Mela can engage with the human body in an immersive, educational Anatomy Zone, ...

This cover image depicts a human brain with colorful microplastic particles scattered across its surface, juxtaposed with a white plastic spoon as a visual representation. Research has revealed ...

But our modern-shaped human brains may have only come into existence about 40,000 years ago, researchers say. The rounder, bigger brain shape that researchers have tracked lines up with when ...

The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched on for ...

Scientists using living human brain tissue have shown for the first time how a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer's can stick to and damage the connections between brain cells. Small ...