In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits. New research shows that during extreme ...

High intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to adverse metabolic health and microstructural brain changes in regions that control appetite and reward. These effects occur both through ...

How consciousness emerges in the brain is the ultimate mystery. Scientists generally agree that consciousness relies on multiple brain regions working in tandem. But the areas and neural connections ...

Researchers have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving.

Examination of the subject's anatomical brain structure showed dramatic loss of gray matter volume over the course of pregnancy, while white matter tracts showed increases.

The involvement of deeper brain structures has been much harder to ... But studying these regions would allow researchers to broaden their theories of consciousness beyond the brain’s outer ...

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...