A new analysis of the brain’s intrinsic communication networks suggests a layered organization behind human intelligence. The ...

Steroids are able to change the structure of the brain and affect a person’s mood, according to a new study. Dutch researchers conducted the study by examining the brains of nearly 25,000 steroid ...

Researchers examined anatomy of neurons from humans, mice and fruit flies. They discovered that the cellular structure of the brain is at a critical point, poised between two phases. New insights ...

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 ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking preliminary atlas charting the intricate development of brain cells from early ...

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 ...

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to show early and stable disruptions in ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of ...

Our brain links incoming speech sounds to knowledge of grammar, which is abstract in nature. But how does the brain encode abstract sentence structure? In a neuroimaging study published in PLOS ...

Ramping the resolution The QST research team with the new high-resolution PET scanner. From left to right: Hidekatsu Wakizaka ...