A recent study reveals that daily caffeine consumption may result in reduced gray matter volume in the brain. Despite this, ...

From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, ...

A study has found that the cortex acts like a "memory machine", encoding new experiences and predicting the near future, ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch ...

The GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)-ergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex are a diverse population ... how inhibition shapes cortical function. How to classify neocortical interneurons has been ...

A pathway once considered fundamental in Alzheimer’s disease is being studied intensely again, and may soon result in safer, ...

Myelinated axons are present in sensory neurons and motor neurons, but not all sensory and motor neurons are myelinated. Most neurons that carry signals regarding movement and higher-level functions, ...

Cerebellar patients exhibit various motor impairments, but the sequence of primary and compensatory processes leading to these deficits remains unclear. To investigate this, we reversibly blocked ...

The Traitors star Jake Brown has officially become one of the new champions of the BBC gameshow, and won over his fellow Faithfuls and the hearts of the nation. The 28-year-old project manager ...