Human cerebral cortex organoids grown from stem cells were transplanted into living mice without a cerebral cortex, according ...

The outermost layer of the brain's cerebral cortex is a major meeting point for information coming from across the brain.

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal transmission between brain cells functions very reliably even at low ...

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Stanford scientists have created a new model for studying human brain development by transplanting lab-grown human brain tissue into mice that were engineered to lack most of their cerebral cortex.

New research shows that the protein UBAP2L is essential for neural progenitor cell division, and that its loss in mice ...

The liver, the heart, the gonads, and a host of other human organs evolved long before the cerebral cortex reached its current level of power, control, and influence over the human organism. So did, ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications demonstrated how droplet-based three-dimensional (3D) printing could help fabricate cerebral cortex tissues comprising layer-specific neurons ...

Mammalian brains, with their unmatched number of nerve cells and density of communication, are the most complex networks known. While methods to analyze neuronal networks sparsely have been available ...

Affecting millions of families globally, cerebral palsy (CP) stands as one of the most prevalent congenital neurological conditions impacting early childhood development. This condition stems from ...

The first three volumes of this monumental contribution by Dr. Conel on the postnatal development of the human cerebral cortex, begun in 1939, have been published by the Harvard University Press. The ...