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 ...

How does the brain adapt to different levels of mental challenge? A new neuroimaging study reveals that when we engage in ...

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

For the first time, scientists have observed the changes that occur in an expectant mother’s brain during pregnancy, ...