A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized.

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function ... brain atlas visualizing regions of the brain that send ...

And by studying brain tissue, scientists are learning key lessons about how the organ develops and functions ... One particularly enlarged region is the cortex, an area that carries out planning ...

Different brain regions are connected by—and interact through—networks of neurons. But the extent to which neuronal wiring drives shared function between these different regions is not well ...

Study: Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain ... in advancing our understanding of brain function and communication ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized.