“The cerebral cortex is the largest structure in the human brain, and has attained an almost mythic status,” said Seung. “ It was dubbed an ‘enigma of enigmas’ by Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the 1906 ...

Scientists Create Comprehensive Circuit Diagram of Mammalian Brain ... and traces the structure of 84,000 neurons linked by half a billion synapses and approximately 3.3 miles of neuronal wiring.

What would happen if your brain was split in two? In this recent Invisibilia podcast and show, host Hanna Rosin meets a woman named Karen with "alien hand syndrome." After surgery to treat her ...

Textbook homunculus diagram depicts how the brain controls individual body parts — the revamp could improve treatments for brain injury. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.