Cerebral Cortex Damage. Damage to any region of the cerebral cortex is typically caused by tumors, autoimmune diseases, bleeding in your brain, or a stroke.Symptoms of possible damage depend on ...

For the time being, blame it on the prefrontal cortex! But be warned, that excuse expires the second you turn 25. Chloe Mendoza ʼ25 is the Managing Editor of Podcasts and an Arts and Life fashion ...

The prefrontal cortex is a small portion of brain tissue located at the front of the frontal lobe in human brains, just behind and above our eyes.

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology sheds light on how heroin exposure alters brain function related to social ...

Oxytocin is a hormone linked to bonding of all kinds—maternal, familial, romantic, social. In mice, the team found, the ...

Over the course of their lives, animals form associations between sensory stimuli and predicted threats or rewards. These ...

"We show in mice that long-term associative fear memory stored in neuronal engrams in the prefrontal cortex determines whether a painful episode shapes pain experience later in life," Alina ...