To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, using a woodworking saw (yikes!), chopped it into 703 sugar-cube-sized ...

A new study reveals that the basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays a key role in calibrating prosocial behavior based on emotional ...

For example, the evolutionarily oldest brain regions have a lower density of mitochondria ... And the brain accounts for 20% of the human body’s energy usage 2. Wielding a tool typically used ...

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...

Human brain slab voxelization using a CNC cutter ... that mitochondria differ not only by cell type, but also by the brain region. "These differences are remarkable since all mitochondria ...

Within the human brain, a network of regions has evolved to process language. These regions are consistently activated whenever people listen to their native language or any language in which they ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...

The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech disorders ...

These birds have neurons that are activated when they produce specific vocalizations, similar to how neurons are activated in humans, though in a different region ...

Brain Bank Singapore collects human brain tissue after a donor’s death and preserves it for use in research that aims to help ...