UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, ...

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it ...

The cortex is also known as the gray matter of the brain, which contains processing centers for various functions, such as the somatosensory cortex. This is the area where sensory impressions from the ...

Brain derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, is a neuropeptide involved in neuron growth, survival and synaptic plasticity, ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

What makes the brain fall asleep? For nearly a century, scientists have looked to structures deep within the brain for the answer. In the traditional ...

Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex, and provide evidence that cortices across mammalian species resemble a universal, fractal pattern.

Adolescents who spend more time playing video games tend to show differences in the outer layer of their brains, such as a ...

Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes ...

New research examined people’s brain activity during collaboration, and found physical evidence of a sync effect.