The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

The brain collection, called Denmark's Brain Bank, contains more than 10,000 human brains and tissue samples from human brains, used for research into neurological diseases like stroke ...

Your diaphragm contracts rhythmically and involuntarily (such as during sleep) due to signals from your brain. You can also voluntarily contract your diaphragm ... A healthy person can have some minor ...

The discovery was made possible by comparing historical microscopic sections of the brain with digital imprints ... of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris. Credit: Aubrey Keirnan (Flinders ...

When she explained what she meant — that he would be relegated to the anatomy room table after his death regardless of his wishes — I was shocked. As a medical ethicist and researcher ...

Now, UC San Francisco researchers have found that when the brain cells of female mice express only a maternal X chromosome, their memory and cognitive skills deteriorate faster than female mice ...

Scientists have taken a look at the effect dying has on the human brain and what they found is pretty insane. The idea that your brain just stops working when you die couldn't be further from the ...

The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.

The human brain is formed by a complex network ... "This research not only advances our understanding of how brain anatomy shapes brain dynamics, but also explores the unique contributions of ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

The brain interprets these sensory cues to understand ... the length and numbers of the axons and dendrites can vary. The human nervous system is defined as two parts. They are the central nervous ...