The GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)-ergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex are a diverse population ... consider all three sets of criteria, but as neurons do not have an autonomous morphology ...

Translocation might be an older mode of movement in the evolution of the cerebral cortex for the transfer of preplate and early cortical-plate neurons, whereas glia-guided migration might have ...

Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to ...

Imagine a swarm of fireflies, flickering lights on and off in the nighttime space. How does the human brain process and ...

Scientists have identified brain circuitry that helps overcome fear, offering new insights into anxiety disorders and ...

Researchers have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. The study in mice could have implications for developing therapeutics for fear-related ...

In anterior regions, such as the frontal cortex, space and time are processed independently, with distinct neural populations ...

These neurons have cellular extensions called ... opens up new avenues for countering motor disorders. The cerebral cortex is the outer part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

In humans, Halgren and his colleagues previously observed that co-rippling also occurs across the entire cerebral cortex ...

A pathway once considered fundamental in Alzheimer’s disease is being studied intensely again, and may soon result in safer, ...