Brain function marries anatomy ... the brain, its billions of interconnected neurons have to be carefully traced into a comprehensive diagram. But resolving the fine anatomy of these ...

The Max Planck research group would now like to image a whole brain with the “serial block-face” microscope so that they can study the neuronal connections in the entire mouse brain. In their latest ...

The complex human brain controls who we are: how we think, feel, and act. It gives meaning to our world and our place in it. The brain also controls all major body functions. The brain is housed ...

Neuroscientists have reconstructed the first complete wiring map of the fruit-fly brain, including 140,000 neurons and more than 50 million connections. ... Wiring diagram of the fly brain.

Explore brain anatomy, from the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem, to the deep structures within the brain, such as the limbic system and basal ganglia. Menu. Newsletters Search.

Importance of the Cerebellum. Forming a half-circle shape around your brain stem, the cerebellum sits at about the same level as your ears, is pinkish-gray, and weighs about 6 ounces.

Researchers describe a previously unknown component of brain anatomy that acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells surveil the brain for infection and inflammation.