Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.

When learning how to perform new movements, our brains etch the details in our minds as we master the new task. From a young ...

The cortex is also known as the gray matter of the brain, which contains processing centers for various functions, such as the somatosensory cortex. This is the area where sensory impressions from the ...

People who scored higher on a creative drawing test tended to have stronger white matter in pathways tied to movement and ...

A computational study of cat primary visual cortex shows that motion direction and temporal frequency are encoded in subtle, ...

An analysis of data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study found that preteens living in neighborhoods ...

A Cleveland Clinic research team studying alcohol and the brain discovered a new way that alcohol abuse can cause brain ...

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Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex, and provide evidence that cortices across mammalian species resemble a universal, fractal pattern.

"We know that childhood maltreatment is a major risk factor for many stress-related disorders, including major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, and we wanted to know if there was ...

A multimodal neuroimaging study in China links etomidate use disorder to amplified cue-driven brain responses, impaired ...