Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

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 ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

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 ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

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 ...