Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly to a human cortex. It is the outer brain shell responsible for controlling perception and some ...

At a time when investigating the functional anatomy of the motor cortex is all but out of fashion in favor of black-box decoders and brain-machine interfaces, it is pure joy to read about a decade ...

Medically reviewed by Brian H. Wetchler, DO The adrenal glands are two small glands located on top of the kidneys. They ...

The parts of the brain needed to remember words have been identified. Those areas are affected by a common form of epilepsy, ...