Researchers identify mutation that causes excessive folding in human brain's wrinkly cerebral cortex, resulting in diminished cognitive function. The outer layer of the human brain or cerebral cortex, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The reason our brains have that wrinkly, walnut shape may be that the rapid growth of the brain's ...

The human brain is highly developed compared to other animals, thanks to which humans are believed to have acquired special abilities. One of the important factors considered to contribute to the ...

Researchers identified two brain networks involved in word retrieval -- the cognitive process of accessing words we need to speak. A semantic network processes meaning in middle/inferior frontal gyri, ...

Images in Clinical Medicine Gastric Gyri — Pediatric Ménétrier’s Disease Authors: Chisato Akita, M.D., and Yutaka Saikawa, M.D., Ph.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published February 23, 2017 N Engl J ...

The reason our brains have that wrinkly, walnut shape may be that the rapid growth of the brain's outer brain — the gray matter — is constrained by the white matter, a new study shows. Researchers ...