Even after it has reached its mature state, the brain is plastic, reforming parts of itself in response to an individual’s experience of the world. What is neuroplasticity? Created with Sketch.

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

The neurons identified by the Columbia scientists, a new element of these circuits, are located in the brainstem, the oldest part of the vertebrate brain. Their discovery could lead to new ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is ... A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences ...

Medical and recreational cannabis use is now legal in many parts of the world, but questions remain about its effect on ...

American philosopher and cognitive scientist, Daniel Dennett has described the brain’s neurons as tiny ... of a machine made of a trillion moving parts?” With computers so advanced now ...

This allowed them to determine if the volume of two crucial brain parts, the forebrain and the ... rare and even extinct species without ever even seeing their brains." Associate Professor Vera ...

A research team identified the brain's food-specific memory system and its direct role in overeating and diet-induced obesity. They found a specific population of neurons in the mouse brain that ...