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 ...

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural ...

Yale researchers identified an underactive mTOR pathway as a cause of lissencephaly and reversed brain malformations in ...

They assessed both global and regional differences in brain structure, looking at measures like volume, thickness, depth of brain folds, and surface area, primarily in the brain cortex. The cortex is ...

Discover the surprising link between herpes and Alzheimer's disease. Find out how the common herpes simplex virus may play a ...

In the new study, the research team found that the motor cortex – the brain region responsible for controlling movement – becomes essentially "disconnected" during dyskinetic episodes.

A study of teenagers in the US has revealed distinct differences in brain structures between those ... as a bigger brain and a thinner prefrontal cortex were possibly present before the teenagers ...

Your brain goes through a “rewiring” process that’s complete around age 25. Here’s why and which stages of your brain mature through the years.

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds.

That is the key finding of our new study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex. We are a clinical psychology doctoral ... This will help us understand whether changes in brain structure over time ...

A new study offers an explanation as to how deep sleep — also known as slow wave sleep — helps support the formation of ...