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Image shows the forebrain. The caption best describes the image.

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·February 15, 2016·4 min read

Same Gene Dictates Size of Two Sensory Areas in the Brain

New findings have implications for better understanding how the human brain evolved and how it differs between people.

This mri scan shows the location of the amygdala.

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·November 20, 2013·3 min read

Size, Connectivity of Brain Region Linked to Anxiety Level in Young Children

Using neuroimaging technology to measure the size and connectivity of the amygdala allows researchers to predict the degree of anxiety a young child experiences in daily life, a new study reports.

These images show the recordings of the neuronal activity.

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·March 5, 2014·3 min read

Plumes in the Sleeping Avian Brain

New research provides deeper insights into the sleeping avian brain.

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·August 1, 2017·6 min read

Pathologic Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s in Aged Chimpanzee Brains

A Kent State University study reveals the brains of older chimpanzees show similar pathology to Alzheimer's disease in humans.

This image shows a brain slice of an embryonic mouse cerebral cortex. The caption best describes the image.

Featured Genetics

·February 27, 2015·3 min read

A Gene for Brain Size

Researchers discover a specific gene only found in humans, Neanderthals and Denisova-Humans which trigger brain stem cells to form a bigger pool of stem cells.

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·January 8, 2019·4 min read

Building a Bigger Brain

ARHGAP11B, a gene unique to humans and active in the cerebral cortex, causes enlargement of the ferret neocortex when introduced during development.

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·January 9, 2023·6 min read

Zone of Uncertainty Enables the Brain to Rapidly Form New Memories

Researchers explore how a little-understood brain area called the zona incerta communicates with the neocortex to rapidly control memory formation.

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·November 1, 2018·5 min read

Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior

Researchers have identified how two types of neurons divide the labor to plan and initiate movements.

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·April 5, 2017·5 min read

Finger Prosthesis Provides Clues to Brain Health

An experiment aimed to investigate how the brain interprets artificial touch sensation from a finger neuroprosthesis, has revealed new information for developing way to measure brain health.

The diagram of the brain shown highlights the thalamus locato

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·June 21, 2013·4 min read

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

Genes alone don't determine how the cerebral cortex grows into separate functional areas. Input from the thalamus is also crucially required, a new study suggests.

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·December 13, 2019·4 min read

Reconstructing spoken words as processed in nonhuman primate brains

Using artificial intelligence and brain-computer interface technology, researchers reconstructed English words from neural signals recorded from the brains of non-human primates.