Pyramidal neurons also make up the pyramidal tract. This pathway is responsible for carrying signals from the cerebral cortex, generally considered the location where conscious thought is generated, ...

Using a whole-brain fluorescence imaging technique developed at Janelia, scientists captured axons of pyramidal tract neurons leaving the motor cortex. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Joris de Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) and colleagues highlights the differences between two types of these brain cells—intratelencephalic (IT) neurons and pyramidal tract (PT) neurons—and how these ...

Joris de Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) and colleagues highlights the differences between two types of these brain cells ...