Albert Rhoton of the University of Florida has collected an unparalleled library of brain-anatomy images. Available in 3D online through iTunes University, the images allow surgeons to view ...

Today we know so much about the brain it is easy to forget that for much of human history its workings were entirely hidden from view. For centuries it was the preserve of anatomists who ...

The brain is an organ made up of a large mass of nerve tissue protected within the skull. It plays a role in just about every major body system. Some of the brain’s main functions include ...

It sends messages from your brain to the rest of your body and helps ... lifespan is essentially some version of a knock to the head. In children, most often it's concussion.

(An older doctor reassures him: “It’s just the lateral ... patient’s head like an inquisitive, thoughtful crane.” To Marsh, the view is beautiful. At the center of the brain, he writes ...

A complex system of nerves and muscles enables the human eye to blink ... of 12 cranial nerves that emerge from the brain and extend down the head, neck, and torso. Cranial nerves help control ...

Over 100 hours of scanning has yielded a 3-D picture of the whole human brain that’s more detailed than ever before. The new view ... of how subtle changes in anatomy could relate to disorders ...