New research indicates that lifestyle risk factors may be leaving chemical warning signs of decline in your brain – long ...

SuperAgers also boast more von economo neurons (specialized cells associated with fast, intuitive social judgments), larger entorhinal neurons (crucial for memory) and less activated microglia (immune ...

The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a complex network of neural connections. How are these signals ...

The cerebral cortex is a sheet of neural tissue that is outermost to the cerebrum of the mammalian brain. It plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and ...

The Cerebral Cortex Your fists represent the cerebral cortex, the most complex area of your brain. Notice how it is divided into two equal half balls, or spheres, called hemispheres.

If the front part of the cerebral cortex is less active then people have less control over their social behavior and automatically follow their inclinations more. The research was the first to ...

A new study published in Diagnostics provides evidence that the striatum, rather than the cerebral cortex, receives the highest concentration of dopamine input in the brain. Advanced confocal imaging ...

New research by a Lithuanian neuroscientist Dr Karolina Armonaitė, reveals that the brain remains actively engaged even ...

Autism The Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, and Autism Are Intertwined Neuroscientists have linked abnormal connectivity of the cerebellum with autism. Posted April 10, 2015 ...

The cerebral cortex makes up about 80% of the brain's volume and is responsible for many complex phenomena, including perception, thought, language, attention and memory.