The brain remains highly active during sleep, and mapping this activity can reveal early signs of neurological and sleep ...

The cerebral cortex is the thin, outermost layer of the cerebrum, extending across all the brain’s lobes. Just 1.5 to 5 millimeters in width, it is composed of the neurons that make up the brain ...

Researchers at Leipzig University’s Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

The sub-cortex. The sub-cortex is any part of the brain below the cerebral cortex. This region allows fast communication between the different parts of the brain. It also contains some areas that are ...

Scientists tapped various brain-mapping tools to create a detailed atlas of the human cortex, an area involved in sensory perception, language and attention. The maps are described in a study ...

Sep. 28, 2023 — In Parkinson's disease, the cerebral cortex can take over tasks from a deeper part of the brain that has been damaged, where cells that make dopamine have been lost. The strength ...

Sep. 28, 2023 — In Parkinson's disease, the cerebral cortex can take over tasks from a deeper part of the brain that has been damaged, where cells that make dopamine have been lost. The strength ...

Researchers have studied what part of the brain controls speech, and now we know much more. The cerebrum, more specifically, organs within the cerebrum such as the Broca's area, Wernicke's area ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.