"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This reconstruction shows more than 1,000 of the 120,000 brain cells captured by the MICRONS ...

The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain—encompassing some 36,000 brain scans—has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain structure. The results of the study, led by ...

In a package of 21 research studies published across Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine, researchers present an atlas of the human and nonhuman primate brain at the ...

The biological material that comprises our brains isn’t easily explored. Understanding that gray matter is rife with challenges that even modern science, which now provides the means to tinker with ...

The human brain is an impressive example of biological engineering, and at the top is its largest part: the cerebrum. Making up about 85% of the brain's weight. It controls everything that makes you ...