In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Huang and colleagues examined neural responses in mouse anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) during a discrimination-avoidance task. The authors present useful findings that ACC neurons encode primarily ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a ...

Summary: A new study has identified brain regions crucial for remembering words and how they are affected in people with temporal lobe epilepsy. Researchers found that shrinkage in the prefrontal, ...

There are 4 types to watch out for. In the 1890s, a German pathologist, Professor Hans Chiari, first described brain abnormalities at the junction of the skull and spine. He categorized these in order ...

In 1971, a British doctor was trying to puzzle out a mystery: How can a child with no signs of external trauma or injury present with bleeding between the skull and brain? That doctor, A.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los ...

Advert However, footage from the race shows an opponent, Alaila Everett, apparently hitting Tucker over the head with her baton, causing concussion symptoms and a possible skull fracture.

For many older South Koreans, the name "white skull squad" harks back to a dark time of violence and repression. It was first used in the 1950s, when the country's first president, Rhee Syngman ...