When it comes to the complexities of the brain, spine and nervous system, only one medical specialist is equipped to answer the call: the neurosurgeon. But what exactly does it take to become a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. Neurosurgeons perform intricate surgeries on the brain, spine, and the ...

Our central nervous system is made up, it turns out, of gray and white matter, but it is the gray matter, which makes up the outer layers of our brain, that plays the most important role in the ...