A pyramidal cell type and the 5-HT 2A receptor in the medial frontal cortex have essential roles in psilocybin’s long-term drug action.

Human-specific cognitive abilities depend on information processing in the cerebral cortex, where the neurons are significantly ... We found that, in synaptically connected layer 2/3 pyramidal cells ...

Many brain functions, particularly the senses, are similar across different mammal species.

The mammalian brain is known to produce mental representations of the spatial environment, known as cognitive maps, that help ...

Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

Outside magazine The idea behind sleepmaxxing — getting sufficient, good quality sleep — isn’t new, says Aruna Rao, assistant professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “People are finally ...