Folds or wrinkles in a surface are the result of mechanical ... "It is not exactly a brain, but it is quite a good model for brain development," says Reiner. "We now have a much better understanding ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...

The most comprehensive model of the brain’s metabolism, incorporating more than 16,800 biochemical interactions, has ...

Razavi has spent the last 10 years looking at the brain from a mechanical standpoint, since his Ph.D. studies at the University of Georgia. Now that he has a model for axon growth behavior, his next ...

A new computer model of brain metabolism, the most comprehensive of its kind, integrates more than 16,800 biochemical interactions across neurons, supporting glial cells and the bloodstream. This open ...

As a result, the most complex brain ever studied that of a human begins to resemble that of a chimpanzee when the team's “melting” method is applied to remove the smallest folds. The cortex of ...