The neocortex has at least two different networks of electrically coupled inhibitory interneurons: fast-spiking (FS) and low-threshold-spiking (LTS) cells. Agonists of metabotropic glutamate or ...

Researchers have identified a unique stem cell in the young brain capable of maturing into multiple cell types, potentially explaining the origins of autism and glioblastoma.

This important work substantially advances our understanding of episodic memory by proposing a biologically plausible mechanism through which hippocampal barcode activity enables efficient memory ...

UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of forming the cells found in tumors. The breakthrough could explain how adult brain cells take advantage of developmental ...

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor. UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of ...

Numenta Inc., a leader in neuroscience-based AI technology, has announced the creation of its open-source Thousand Brains Project as a new, non-profit entity. Grounded in decades of research at ...

Sep. 13, 2022 — ARHGAP11B -- this complex name is given to a gene that is unique to humans and plays an essential role in the development of the neocortex. The neocortex is the part of the brain ...

Primates have big brains, but so do elephants and whales. Elephants and whales, however, have much larger bodies that their brains monitor and control. Relative to each animal’s body size, primates’ ...

For this study, Mittermaier and his team used intact tissue samples of the neocortex — part of the cerebral cortex of the brain — taken from 45 study participants. “The neocortex is the ...