People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

In a nutshell Scientists successfully transmitted light through an entire adult human head for the first time, overcoming extreme attenuation of 10^18 to detect individual photons The technique can ...

And last week in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of historians announced evidence of a specific type of brain surgery, known as angular notched trephination, performed on a man who lived in Israel ...

A scan of the skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish has led to the discovery of the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain, shining a new light on the early evolution of ...

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has been treating neurological illnesses for nearly 30 years. He says being a brain surgeon requires steady hands — and a strong bladder. His new book is Gray Matters.

The Navaornis brain - measuring about four-tenths of an inch (10 mm) across - was smaller, relative to skull size, than in modern birds, but larger and more complex than in Archaeopteryx.

Brain, spine, and skull base tumors are tumors that develop inside the body's central nervous system. These include growths in the brain, spinal cord, and the tissues that line them. These tumors can ...

The Navaornis brain - measuring about four-tenths of an inch (10 mm) across - was smaller, relative to skull size, than in modern birds, but larger and more complex than in Archaeopteryx.