For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Long dismissed as ‘junk’, repetitive DNA has now been shown to play a vital role in shaping the developing human brain.

The hippocampus is an important brain region known to support various cognitive (i.e., mental) processes, including the ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the organ. The finding could help unpack how disorders such as autism arise.

“However, HAR s adjust gene expression levels differently in humans, suggesting that evolutionary changes to brain function emerged not by reinventing genetic pathways but by modifying their output.” ...

A new study published today in JAMA Network Open explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks.