A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways associated with differences in brain size and cognitive function A new study sug ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Researchers have identified thousands of genes linked to brain structure that shine a light on how our genetic makeup shapes the development of the brain, according to research published in Nature ...

Humans owe our impressive intellect to our large brains, which are unusually sophisticated thanks to evolution. The first surge in our brain size occurred between 2 million and 800,000 years ago, when ...

Human brains have been steadily growing through the decades, and that may be lowering the risk of dementia. A new study out of UC Davis Health found that people born in the 1970s had brain volumes ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

High blood pressure in young adults is linked to smaller brain size and increased risk of dementia, a new study has found. Adults who were diagnosed with hypertension between ages 35 to 44 had smaller ...

The skull of a dog and the 3D model of the brain in it based on high-resolution CT-scanning. A recent study by László Zsolt Garamszegi from the Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological ...