The brain is divided into the right and left hemispheres, and the corpus callosum connects the two halves. This bundle of nerve tissue contains more than 200 million axons (nerve fibers that carry ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

Albert Einstein had a colossal corpus callosum. And when it comes to this particular piece of neural real estate, it’s pretty clear that size matters. Chances are, that brawny bundle of white matter ...

The corpus callosum (in red) connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates communication between the so-called "right brain" and "left brain." Source: Life Science ...

Why do some brains crave more stimulation than others? Learn about dopamine, genetics, and brain function, and how dopamine ...

The findings led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC open new pathways for discoveries about mental illness, ...

A big bump to the head can literally send the brain bouncing around inside the skull, and all that jostling may injure the brain in a way that disrupts the flow of information from one half of the ...

Sarah Mellnik was four years old when her doctors discovered the striking anomaly in her brain. She was missing the massive connective bridge that ordinarily unites the brain's two hemispheres. This ...