In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum ... to the evolutionary enlargement of the brain. Two specific genes that evolve exclusively ...

They also serve as relay stations to the cerebral regions (green ... vocally sophisticated as birds. This diagram compares the classic view of a bird brain as defined by German naturalist Ludwig ...

researchers from Harvard University and Google have unveiled the most detailed wiring diagram of the human brain ever created, originating from a tiny piece of cerebral cortex tissue. This ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. This landmark achievement has been conducted by a large ...