Agenesis of the corpus callosum is a rare brain malformation that happens as your baby develops in the womb. It causes varying symptoms and challenges from mild to severe. Many children with this ...

The brain adapts, through reorganization, in people born without a corpus callosum who lack a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. It is thought that these mechanisms enable the brain to ...

In honor of Rare Disease Day, we honor four-year-old Matty, who lives without the middle part of his brain. Mathius, also known as Matty, is a Coachella boy with a rare genetic disorder since birth.

What Is a Corpus Callosotomy?- The corpus callosum is a thick bundle of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.- It enables communication between both sides, but can ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

In the corpus callosum the average width of an axon is about half a micrometer, and myelin is approximately an eighth to one-quarter of that size. TEM allows these structures to be viewed and measured ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...