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 ...

The cerebrum plays the most important roles in the higher functions of the brain. In particular, the cerebral cortex, among other parts of the cerebrum, is essential. Skip to content.

The phylogenetically most recent part of the cerebral cortex, the neocortex (also called isocortex), is differentiated into six horizontal layers; the more ancient part of the cerebral cortex, the ...

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

Consistent with the inside-out development of the cortex, the inner layers started shaping up before the outer ones. To Walsh, the findings show that major features of the fate, or identity, of brain ...

The cerebral cortex is particularly important in higher brain functions. The cerebral cortex of higher animals, including humans, has many folds, called the gyrus (plural: "gyri") (Figure 1).

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

The neocortex is a part of the brain of mammals. It is the top layer of the cerebral hemispheres, 2-4 mm thick, and made up of six layers, labelled I to VI (with VI being the innermost and I being ...

For example, a type of excitatory neuron in layers two and three in the cortex expresses a “master regulator” gene for stress signaling in the brain. All three of the brain’s main cells—glutamate, ...

Telltale features visible in standard brain images can reveal how quickly a person is ageing, a study of more than 50,000 ...