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

Cognitive functions such as memory, learning, and information processing, traditionally associated with the brain, can also be found in the other parts of ... also known for its at-a-glance ...

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 ...

Neuroscientists have identified the physical locations where memories are stored in the brain. But would that enable us to retrieve memories from someone who has died?

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 ...

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 ...

Investigators have discovered that activity in two widely distributed brain networks previously considered separate are ...

It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and neuroscience researchers ...

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 ...