A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

The Interactive Brain from the Traumatic Brain Injury: The Journey Home guides you through the anatomy of the brain, how it works, and what different parts of the brain do.

Reflex actions are involuntary and do not necessarily involve the brain. Reflex actions protect the body from further damage by allowing it to react quickly to stimuli, such as high temperatures ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

The cuttlefish has one of the largest brain-to-body size ratios of any invertebrate, perhaps even larger than that of the octopus. The cuttlefish brain can handle input from a variety of senses ...

We have identified brain areas that show increased activation as a function of the degree of temporal structure of the stimulus ... anatomical differences in human primary auditory cortex ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition ...