Brain tissue

First fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identified

Researchers have confirmed an unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in Sussex, as the first example of fossilised brain tissue from a dinosaur.

Oct 29, 2016, 00:31 AM IST

Progressive brain disease CTE confirmed as unique disease

For the first time, a consensus panel of expert neuropathologists has confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE as a unique disease that can be definitively diagnosed by neuropathological examination of brain tissue.

Dec 16, 2015, 14:16 PM IST