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

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

How does your brain instantly know how to move through new places? A new study helps explain the science behind your internal ...

Motor cortex articles from across Nature Portfolio The motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex including the primary motor, premotor and supplementary motor cortices that is responsible ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

Visual system articles from across Nature Portfolio The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and interpreting ...

The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) was established in 2014 through a philanthropic endowment from the Pratiksha Trust founded by Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan and Mrs Sudha Gopalakrishnan. Hosted by the ...