To determine which brain areas are necessary for a certain ability ... As a result, previous studies have mainly relied on functional imaging (fMRI) techniques in healthy individuals.

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition ...

A sensory map representing how the brain of a mouse embryo ... the reorganization also has a functional impact. “We not only observed a change in the anatomy of the sensory maps, but the small ...

to analyze white matter tracts—bundles of nerve fibers that link different brain areas—and measure functional connectivity between these regions. The team employed a novel approach called the ...

A new brain imaging study published in the journal Neuroscience00304-5/fulltext) has found that authoritarian attitudes on both the political left and right are linked to specific structural ...