Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

As with any type of tumor, brain tumors are an abnormal growth of cells, the number of which will determine, in part, the overall size of the tumor. In the case of benign brain tumors, these cells ...

The findings show that some parts of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but become better connected.

That study found that compared to liberals, conservatives tend to have larger amygdalas and smaller anterior cingulate ...

Human memory mainly relies upon the frontal and temporal lobes which are the main parts of our brain. These two parts help us solve the teasers and improve our memory capability as well as our ...

New research uncovers dual brain maps for spatial planning, with potential insights into neurological conditions like stroke.

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found "remarkable things" including changes to regions ...

Dance, in all its forms, is one of the few activities that integrates several brain functions at once: “body movement, ...

Pregnancy may cause more than 80% of the brain's gray matter to shrink, leaving "permanent etchings." That's what researchers found when a pregnant neuroscientist underwent more than two dozen ...

A new technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies’ brains has provided the most complete picture ...

Pregnancy appears to trigger a kind of “reorganization” of an expecting mother’s brain, new research suggests. MRI images ...