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.
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Mapping the Brain Based on Neuronal Activity

Researchers have developed the first activity-based maps of the prefrontal cortex, challenging traditional descriptions of ...
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New microscope enables neurovascular coupling imaging across the entire cortex of awake mice

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the dynamic regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to neural activity. Specifically, when neurons become active, nearby blood vessels dilate to increase blood ...