The latest map in Science contains never-before-seen details of brain structure, including a rare but powerful set of axons ...

The retinas then convert the image into electrical impulses. These impulses are sent to your brain. Your brain "sees" the words and gives meaning to them. Your brain then decides whether or not to ...

"Just like you wouldn't want to drive to a new place without Google Maps, you don't want to explore the brain without a map.

Computers convert this data into brain maps like the one on the next page. The magnets that now surrounded me began to rumble and beep. For an hour I lay still, eyes closed, and tried to keep ...

“Now that we have these epigenomic maps, we can start to study whether methylation is altered in disease states or in different regions of the brain,” he says.

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side.

"It's the first detailed map of the human brain across gestation," Emily Jacobs, study author and neuroscientist, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, says. "We've never witnessed the ...

In the first weeks after birth, brain volume is typically about a third of what it will be in adulthood. By age 3, it will have expanded to about 80 percent of adult size. While most of the brain ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

Test your brain power with this addictive new game from the New York Times—and find out the best strategies for... It might not seem like there's enough information to solve these logic puzzles ...

A meningioma is a tumor that forms on the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord just inside the skull. These membranes are called the meninges and consist of three layers. Specifically ...