The development of the brain requires an elaborate, tightly organized chain of events that are jumpstarted by neural stem cells, which give rise to increasingly specialized cells that carry out all ...

The brain does not merely recognize the human voice. A study from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex specifically react to the vocalizations ...

A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain. This understanding of brain structure allows for a ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

As part of the effort to better understand the evolution of the brains in people and animals, a research team has generated the world's largest primate brain-wide atlas. A longstanding mystery in ...

What events led to differences between humans and other primates? What changes throughout evolution underlie such a dramatic shift in how we socialize and process information? Although somewhat ...

In a tour de force for neuroscience, teams of researchers have published a voluminous set of brain-cell atlases for humans and other primates. The atlases are detailed in 21 research papers appearing ...

Cover article art caption: Insets with TH mRNA+ neurons in red, either single labeled, or co-labeled with VGluT2 (blue) and/or GAD1 (green) mRNA. Simple arrow = single labeled TH+ neurons, arrowhead= ...

Illustration of how preoptic neurons drive hypothermia and cold defense, together with an example of the potential application in spaceflight -- SIAT Hibernation is a state adopted by certain mammals ...