The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

Can the brain function when its architecture is altered? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) demonstrates that ...

Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, interfered with speech, and stimulating specific tissues could lead to specific ...

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

An international research team has uncovered new insights into healthy brain aging. The researchers found that aging leads to ...

Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's ...

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 ...

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...

One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...