Some interesting facts about the cerebral cortex: It has a surface area of roughly 2,500 square centimeters. ... Other important areas in this lobe are the prefrontal cortex and the motor cortex.

The neocortex makes up the greater area of the cerebral cortex. It is divided into different regions (the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes) by the bone structure of the skull above it.

A new paper could prompt a rethink of a basic tenet of neuroscience. It is widely believed that the motor cortex, a region of the cerebral cortex, is responsible for producing movements, by sending ...

Researchers have visualized how information is represented in a widespread area in the human cerebral cortex during a performance of skilled finger movement sequences. The results uncovered the ...

Motor, cognitive, and affective areas of the cerebral cortex influence the adrenal medulla. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2016; 201605044 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605044113 Cite This ...

In the primary motor cortex of the brain, there’s a map of the human body—areas that correspond to the face, arm, and leg area, as well as a region that controls the axial body muscles (known ...

But the connection between CN and cortex is not a one-way street. In addition to sensory nerves going up, there are pathways from sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex going down to the ...

Beijing Normal University-led researchers have identified specific high-order thalamic nuclei that drive human conscious ...

Beneath the human brain's bulging cerebral cortex, smaller structures toil in relative obscurity. Subcortical areas, also known as the 'deep brain,' play key roles in functions like attention, emotion ...