And third, these two sets of information are combined to pinpoint variations in brain structure worth manipulating or breeding in the lab.

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM). An interlinked net of proteins and sugars that surrounds brain cells ...

Unlike being left- or right-handed, asymmetries in the brain are much more varied, changeable, and subtle than the left-brain ...

The scientists also found that there is no relationship between another brain area - the anterior cingulate cortex - and ideology, something that the original study did find. Difference of a ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is ...

Genetic influences on brain shape For each of the 22 brain structures, the researchers conducted a multivariate genome-wide association study (GWAS).

Psychotherapy leads to measurable changes in brain structure. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) ...