As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns. For over 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same ...

For more than 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same function are grouped into columns. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Max Planck ...

Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in processing basic features of what the eyes see, not every neuron ends up answering the call to process properties of ...

A computational study of cat primary visual cortex shows that motion direction and temporal frequency are encoded in subtle, spatially distributed activity patterns rather than fixed cortical maps.

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A team from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at ...

Direct recordings in neurosurgical patients show that category-selective amygdala neurons fire earlier and more strongly for ...