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Novel treatment clears dementia-linked proteins from the waking brain • Nov. 4, 2026, 12:31 PM ET (News-Medical)
Could consciousness begin deep in the brain? Researchers make the case • Nov. 2, 2026, 10:20 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Scientists discover a hidden messaging system deep inside the brain • Oct. 23, 2026, 4:30 AM ET (Science Daily)
Alzheimer’s Researchers Look at an Unusual Data Point: Head Shape • Oct. 22, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (New York Times)
Scientists are growing human brain tissue in living mice—could this make their welfare harder to assess? • Oct. 19, 2026, 4:40 PM ET (Phys.org)

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Also Known As encephalon

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Illustration of a human skull in profile with the brain exposed, showing labeled regions such as the gyri, sulci, and lobes. An inset highlights the parietal, frontal, occipital, and temporal lobes in different colors.
human brain; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Labeled anatomical diagram of the human brain in sagittal section, medial view, showing internal structures such as the corpus callosum, cerebellum, ventricles, brainstem, and other key regions.
A human brain preserved in formalin, displayed in a clear glass jar labeled Homo, showing detailed surface folds and anatomy.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Six MRI scan images of the human brain and skull, showing cross-sectional views with anatomical details in shades of black, white, and gray, overlaid with medical data text.
computed tomography (CT) scan
positron emission tomography scan
Diagram showing the brain structure of a goose, with an illustration of a goose head and a labeled side view of the brain highlighting the olfactory bulb, cerebrum, cerebellum, pituitary, and optic lobe.
cerebellum; human brain
How does the McGurk effect trick your brain?
Two halves of the human brain are separated with arrows pointing to each half and a question mark in the center.
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Key People

Keen, William Williams
William Williams Keen
American brain surgeon
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Harvey Williams Cushing
American neurosurgeon
Bergmann, Ernst von
Ernst von Bergmann
German surgeon
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Fred H. Gage
American geneticist
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist
Edvard Moser stands smiling in a laboratory, wearing a light blue sweater, with shelves of scientific supplies and equipment visible in the background.
Edvard I. Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
May-Britt Moser smiling, wearing a headset microphone, at an indoor event.
May-Britt Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
Schwartz, Michal
Michal Schwartz
Israeli neuroimmunologist
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Czech physiologist
Egas Moniz
António Egas Moniz
Portuguese neurologist
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Karl Lashley
American psychologist
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Vladimir Bekhterev
Russian psychiatrist
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb
German biologist
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David Hunter Hubel
American biologist
Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess
Swiss physiologist
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Friedrich Gustav Jacob Henle
German pathologist
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Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens
French physiologist
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Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
French physician
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Roger Wolcott Sperry
American biologist

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