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.

The human brain develops through an intricate balance of cellular growth, connectivity, and metabolism. A new study reveals ...

Two years ago, an international research team developed a groundbreaking new map of the human brain, boasting unprecedented precision. This map has since become the ...

The cerebral cortex of your brain is the outermost layer. It's the part of the brain that appears wrinkled because it has a lot of folds. Your cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres. Each ...

Scientists used high-resolution MRI data to create a valuable new resource for the study of human brain development at key moments in utero and after birth. Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine ...

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 ...

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Fluorescence images of the cerebral cortex of a Thy1-YFP-H transgenic mouse, before and after clearing with SeeDB-Live. SeeDB-Live enables real-time imaging of the living brain at greater depth and ...