Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

“It is no use asking for the impossible, such as, say, the exact wiring diagram for a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and the way all its neurons are firing,” Crick wrote in Scientific America ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A comprehensive wiring diagram and functional map of a mouse brain's visual cortex, the largest to date, has been created from a cubic millimeter of tissue. This ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex ...

Humans tend to put our own intelligence on a pedestal. Our brains can do math, employ logic, explore abstractions and think critically. But we can’t claim a monopoly on thought. Among a variety of ...

The digestive system of vertebrates hosts a diverse array of microorganisms that play vital roles in nutrition, immune function, and overall health. As research progresses, the multifaceted ...

There are typically 24 movable bones in the spine that connect to the sacrum (a bony structure located below the lumbar vertebrae) and the coccyx (also called the tailbone). The sacrum and the coccyx ...

Researchers have long debated about the relationship between avian and mammalian intelligences. One possibility is that intelligence in vertebrates — animals with backbones, including mammals and ...

Background The vertebral artery (VA) ostium (VAO) is a common stenosis site. Most patients with VAO stenosis refractory to medical treatment are treated endovascularly using stenting. To optimally ...

After a spinal cord injury left Christina Vithoulkas paraplegic six and a half years ago, she couldn't imagine a life "doing the same thing over and over again". The self-described "adrenaline ...