A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

(The gray matter of the cortex is interlinked with the rest of the brain by nerve fibers that make up the brain’s “white matter.”) The cortex’s distinctive, wrinkled appearance is due to ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

The P4 ferret brain is nearly lissencephalic and bright white. The cortex undergoes complex folding ... Thus, cortical gray matter became hyperintense, the deep nuclear gray matter remained ...

The zona incerta (ZI) is a deep brain region originally described by Auguste Forel as an “immensely confusing area about which nothing can be said.” Despite the elusive nature of this structure, ...

This research shows that the cerebral cortex is continuously detecting novel stimuli, in order to change and improve its predictions of the future. Novelty detection is a critical function for ...

Gray matter, also known as the cerebral cortex, makes up about 40% of the ... as well as enhanced white matter. White matter ...

Researchers have developed a new approach for describing the shape of the cerebral cortex ... are thin sheets of gray matter ...