Adolescents who spend more time playing video games tend to show differences in the outer layer of their brains, such as a ...

UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, ...

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal transmission between brain cells functions very reliably even at low ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen-like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex, and provide evidence that cortices across mammalian species resemble a universal, fractal pattern.

A recent study published in Nature Communications demonstrated how droplet-based three-dimensional (3D) printing could help fabricate cerebral cortex tissues comprising layer-specific neurons ...

Persistent pain often has no clear cause. However, studies show measurable differences in the structure and activity of the ...

Two recent studies have advanced brain organoid research. One found that organoids can record the passage of time, while the ...

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