The claustrum is a thin sheet of neurons buried deep within the cerebral cortex. The structure is so small and hidden that ...

The outermost layer of the brain's cerebral cortex is a major meeting point for information coming from across the brain.

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.

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A research team is using ultrasound to map the deep-brain circuits that may give rise to conscious experience.

Scientists have grown human brain tissue to fill most of a mouse’s cortex, creating a new model for studying brain disease and neural circuits.

New research shows that the protein UBAP2L is essential for neural progenitor cell division, and that its loss in mice ...

A recent brain imaging study reveals that standard fMRI scans can yield backward metabolic readings in nearly half of responding brain regions, challenging conventional interpretations of how neural ...

Do you feel like your concentration wanes in the evening, or that your head feels heavy even though you feel like you've been ...

"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 ...