Brain activity maps challenge traditional descriptions of prefrontal cortex

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...
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Neuronal activity maps challenge traditional anatomical divisions of prefrontal cortex

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope.

Not all memories are created equal: How motivation shapes memory

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...
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Prefrontal cortex reaches back into the brain to shape how other regions function

An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...
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Prefrontal cortex modulates visual and motor regions based on internal feelings

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published Nov. 25 in Neuron, finds in mice that via specific circuits, ...