Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

The human brain is known to contain a wide range of cell types, which have different roles and functions. The processes via ...

A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after ...

Study identifies brain abnormalities common to insomnia, anxiety, and depression, including smaller thalamus, weaker ...