The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of neural tissue covering the cerebral hemispheres, a folded sheet of gray matter organized into six laminae and into functionally specialized regions distributed across the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes. It mediates higher-order functions including senso…
The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of neural tissue covering the cerebral hemispheres, a folded sheet of gray matter organized into six laminae and into functionally specialized regions distributed across the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes. It mediates higher-order functions including sensory perception, voluntary movement, language, attention, executive control, and memory, integrating information through dense intracortical and corticosubcortical connectivity. Cortical areas are linked to subcortical structures by white-matter pathways such as the thalamic radiations, and their activity can be mapped with functional neuroimaging that relates specific cortical regions to defined perceptual and cognitive operations. Cortical development and maintenance depend on neuronal and glial populations, including oligodendrocytes whose myelination is regulated by signaling pathways such as Wnt, and the cortex is vulnerable to neurodegenerative, vascular, metabolic, and genetic disease. Research in this area examines cortical involvement in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions, the microanatomy of thalamic radiations, the influence of optical factors on visual cortical function as studied by functional magnetic resonance imaging, oligodendrocyte development and Wnt signaling, and disorders affecting cortical structure and function. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the structure, connectivity, function, and pathology of the cerebral cortex.
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