The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...