For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied ...

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain’s wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published June ...

Time to rewrite the brain anatomy textbook? In addition to the outermost dura, middle arachnoid, and innermost pia membranes surrounding the brain, researchers led by Kjeld Møllgård, University of ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience offers insight into how small grooves in the brain’s surface — known as tertiary sulci — might help explain individual differences in reasoning ...

The breakdown of myelin, the insulating layer around brain cells that supports brain function, is prevalent in a range of ...

Local high school students will test their knowledge of brain anatomy and function in the eighth annual WNY Brain Bee from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 21 in Canisius College’s Science Hall, Main Street and ...

At anatomy dinners, experts delve into how body parts function in both animals and people, and explain how the part is turned into food. (Photo: Jason Bartlett) When Dr. Jonathan Reisman was in ...