Humans have unique brain connections affecting emotions, social intelligence, and language, unlike chimpanzees or macaques.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a growing global concern, affecting approximately 2.8% of children in the United States and ...

circuits and tissues to brain structure and signal pathways, along with their functions. With recent breakthroughs of microlevel information processing and coding of neurons, and macrolevel ...

which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that initiates ...

It was pretty incredible in terms of what they were able to do to identify very specific circuitry in the brain,” said Sayamwong Hammack ... They further confirmed the importance of this pathway by ...

Rejuvenating the brain's lymphatic vessels can enhance memory in aging mice by improving the removal of waste products from ...

What happens in addiction is that, through completely natural processes involved in all learning, the brain prunes nerve pathways of attention and motivation to preferentially notice, focus on ...

A brain pathway called the mesolimbic reward system is suspected to be involved in this process, but few studies have ...

Using advanced technology to analyze over 100 hours of brain activity during real-life discussions, researchers revealed the intricate pathways that allow us to effortlessly speak and understand.

A group of scientists recently discovered that the hormone fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21, plays an influential role in brain reward mechanisms like those involved in dietary choices.

The brains of birds, reptiles, and mammals evolved independently, reveal two recent studies. These findings revolutionize our understanding of brain evolution. The pallium, a crucial brain region for ...