What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

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 ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of the nervous system. A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

The human heart beats 60-100 times a minute, without you needing to pay any attention to it. Heart function is controlled by the brain’s autonomic nervous system (the parasympathetic and ...

This disruption caused abnormal neural wiring which would affect brain function ... Despite their mirror-image anatomy, the ...

Evidence for this function first came from studies ... in a 90-pound coelacanth, the brain weighs less than a tenth of an ounce. (Adult human brains typically weigh about three pounds.) ...

Anatomy is the field of biology ... A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep and appetite, has been ...