The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum. Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala, and the hippocampus. Toward the bottom ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how hormonal shifts alter brain structure impacting everything from decision-making to bonding ...

Stanford Medicine scientists are generating a periodic table of sorts for psychiatric disorders, providing a better ...

Structural differences between male and female brains are apparent from the very earliest days of life, according to a new study. The researchers found that even in young babies, female brains have ...

Research shows that men's brains are 10-15% larger on average than women's. However, size does not impact intelligence. Men ...

UCSF scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell that helps young brains grow but is also capable of forming the cells ...

Teenagers get hooked on drugs because their brains are wired differently, suggests a new study. Many differences appeared to ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails ... a thicker than usual cerebral cortex. The organoids grown from the patients’ cells for the new study also developed ...

The scientists focused on cells taken from the front and the back of the cerebral cortex, regions that in humans are responsible ... the same cell and then mapping each cell back into the brain's ...

Differences between a man and a woman have always been discussed and majorly misunderstood. Among the myriad differences that exist between men and w ...