High-resolution MRI scans were used to measure the size and shape of different parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the brain responsible for thinking, memory ...

The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum ... These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves, which link the brain ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're all connected.

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

The GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)-ergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex are a diverse population of cells. Their diversity is manifested in every aspect of their phenotype, as evidenced by their ...