What distinguishes the mammalian brain from that of other vertebrates is a region called the neocortex, which is the largest and evolutionarily newest part of the human brain. The researchers ...

Two of the goals of that program are to generate a detailed wiring diagram for the complete mouse brain, and to map long-distance connections between different areas of the human brain.

macaque and human brain samples taken from the cortex. The human wiring diagram, or ‘connectome’, had 2.5 times more interneurons — a class of cells that dampen neural activity and control ...

WASHINGTON - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map ... an achievement that could offer insight into how the human brain works. They worked out the cerebral ...