Edward Kennedy announced in May 2008 that he was suffering from a brain tumor, a malignant glioma, in his left parietal lobe. He had surgery at Duke University in J ...
The parietal lobe is located near the center of the brain, behind the frontal lobe, in front of the occipital lobe, and above the temporal lobe. The parietal lobe contains an area known as the primary ...
Differences in brain shape between a present-day human (left, in blue) and a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints (right, in red). Source: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Simon ...
Evidence suggests that in multiple sclerosis (MS), damage to the corticostriatothalamocortical circuit is critical in the development of fatigue. The goal of this case-control study at the National ...
Language, empathy, attention - as different as these abilities may be, one brain region is involved in all these processes: The inferior parietal lobe (IPL). Yet until now it was unclear exactly what ...
Philosopher Rene Descartes famously thought that the seat of the soul was located in the pineal gland in the human brain. While modern neuroscience may not have revealed where the soul resides, ...
Differences in brain shape between a present-day human (left, in blue) and a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints (right, in red). Source: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Simon ...
Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human—but is there more to it? The brain's shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important. The ...
A sizeable cavernous malformation, a small cluster of fragile blood vessels, sat snugly in the left temporal lobe. If ...
Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human—but is there more to it? The brain's shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important. The ...