brain

The capacity for language is what sets us apart from other animals. Talk with Your Hands , the third of four Cambridge Shorts films, explores the...

Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilised brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in modern...

Rapid advances in neuroscience are driving a huge shift in our understanding of how the brain works and could improve both our cognitive abilities...

It's over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed. Since then we’ve learned a great deal about the protein ‘tangles...

Researchers have identified how alpha-synuclein, the protein associated with Parkinson’s Disease, enables communication between neurons in the brain...

Craniectomy – a surgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed to relieve brain swelling – significantly reduces the risk of death...

The brains of teenagers with serious antisocial behaviour problems differ significantly in structure to those of their peers, providing the clearest...

The male and female brains have more in common than media reports often suggest, argues Julia Gottwald , a third year PhD student at the Department...