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

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the treatment of some neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, some ...

Why do we crave sweet treats over healthier options? While it comes down to how our brains process taste and what we expect ...

Your cerebral cortex, the wrinkled outer layer of the brain, gets thinner as you age. It's especially noticeable in the frontal lobe, which processes memory, emotions, impulse control, problem ...

In an article published in Developmental Cell, scientists show how neurons establish their connections in specific layers ...

The cerebral cortex is your brain’s outermost layer. It has a wrinkled appearance due to the grooves and folds that increase its surface area. Here, we look at the anatomy of the cerebral cortex ...

Spaces between the layers contain veins and arteries that supply blood flow to the brain. Arachnoid mater is a thin, weblike layer of connective tissue that doesn’t contain nerves or blood vessels.

A detailed physiological characterization of inputs to the motor thalamus adds nuance to the notion that information from the cerebellum and basal ganglia are segregated and provides a mechanism by ...

In the granule cell layer of the cerebellar cortex, we initially focused our efforts on localizing glutamate receptors within glomeruli using MAP processing. We used antibodies against panAMPA, the ...