The Authors investigated the anatomical features of the excitatory synaptic boutons in layer 1 of the human temporal neocortex.

The neocortex is organized into six layers of neurons, which receive sensory information from other parts of the brain, process it and send it out to regions that determine our behavior and reactions.

For nearly a century, scientists have known that different parts of the human brain's cortex control different body movements. This fundamental discovery dates to the 1930s, when neurosurgeons used ...

Eventually, certain mammals, notably humans, supposedly evolved a topmost layer of circuits for higher-order reasoning located in a brain area called the neocortex (where “neo” means “new”).

The mammalian neocortex is formed by sequential radial migration of newborn excitatory neurons. Migrating neurons undergo a multipolar-to-bipolar transition at the subplate (SP) layer, where ...

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According to this current view, the investigators wrote, “During cortical development, PNs migrate to their final locations in neocortex, with layers forming in an inside-out fashion … ...

The neocortex stands out as a stunning achievement of biological evolution. All mammals have this swath of tissue covering their brain, and the six layers of densely packed neurons within it handle ...

Modern humans have a gene mutation that boosts the growth of neurons in the brain neocortex, a brain region associated with higher intelligence ...

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 ...