A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

The cerebral cortex forms the outer layer of the cerebrum. Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala, and the hippocampus. Toward the bottom ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception. The brain is constantly ...

Mouse visual cortex wiring diagram and functional map offers insight into human brain complexity and cognition.

The cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer, the main site of conscious perceptions, judgments and the planning and ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our ...

High-resolution MRI scans were used to measure the size and shape of different parts of the brain, including the cerebral cortex - the outer layer of the brain responsible for thinking, memory, ...

In all, they collected data that covers about 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) of neuronal wiring in a part of the brain that ...

WASHINGTON: Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to ...