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

The neocortex consists of six distinct layers, and although amyloid beta accumulation and loss of neurons occurs across all six, scientists do not yet know which layers or types of brain cells are ...

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 ...

The paper presents results of modeling global and focal loss of layers in a multi-columnar model of neocortex. Specifically, the spread of activity across columns in conditions of inhibitory blockade ...

The neocortex, a critical structure for human intelligence, is less than five millimeters thick. There, in the outermost layer of the brain, 20 billion neurons process countless sensory perceptions, ...

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The mammalian cerebral cortex consists of six layers, with distinct roles in information processing. At the bottom of the neocortex, on the boundary between the gray matter and white matter, there ...

Neanderthal brains were similar in size to those of modern humans but differed in shape. What scientists cannot tell from fossils is how Neanderthal brains might have differed in function or ...