Introduction: This study was aimed to establish the distribution and morphology of microglia and astroglia in arousal centers. Arousal is that group of behavioural changes that occur when a person ...

The production of estrogen in the thalamus appears to be curtailed by just one dose of nicotine, equivalent to that in a cigarette, reveals a whole brain analysis of healthy women in the first study ...

The thalamus – a structure in the centre of the brain that relays information from the senses – may be responsible for sorting memories before they are stored long term, a study in mice suggests.

Touch plays an important role in social behavior. A kind gesture, a hug, a pat on the back strengthens our social relations. But what happens in our brain as a result of touch? In their latest study, ...

Different functional parts of the Greenland polar bear brain were investigated for transfer of contaminants over the blood-brain barrier. The inner regions of the brain closer to incoming blood flow ...