Texas high school pitcher Tyler Comeaux was just 18 when a brain bleed nearly killed him. After months of therapy, he hopes ...

The jugular veins are blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood from the head and neck back to the heart; by using it as a ...

Nature showcases diverse nervous systems beyond a single command center. Several animals, including octopuses, leeches, and ...

A new study shows that the brain's visual system adapts to your goals, reshaping perception based on what you're trying to do ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He found a creative way to prove it.

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Robotic tools are too big for ‘keyhole’ brain surgery – but a new miniature technology using magnets could change all that.

The electrode array, which can be implanted for 30 days to map brain activity, is a component of Precision Neuroscience’s ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery?

Doctors opened the back of his skull and saw part of the cerebellum ... Iron rod brain injuries have long been a part of understanding the human brain, dating back to Phineas Gage, who is credited ...

Howard University College of Medicine Mini-Med Program gives students the opportunity to participate in experiments representing different fields of medicine ...

A rice-sized microrobot offers precision in brain surgery, starting with tumor biopsies in a first clinical trial set for ...