The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in close to 70,000 deaths in the United States every year, and it is the cause of long-term physical, cognitive and mental disability in 5 million Americans. But ...

A phase II trial for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) will aim to break the impasse of 30 years of failed clinical ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...

The findings show that some parts of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but become better connected.