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Psychiatric disorders were associated with elevated PAD in the frontal and temporal lobes, while dementia was linked to higher PAD in the frontal and occipital cortex.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Neurons may use large amounts of ATP during REM sleep to support memory-related synaptic reorganization, communication between the hippocampus and cortex, or broad transitions across brain circuits.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

These cells produce large numbers of the neurons and support cells that make up the cerebral cortex, the brain region involved in thought, memory, and language.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

However, anatomical studies have shown that in humans, the projections reach the cortex long before those final connections are established.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The EEG research found intensification over time of theta waves in the prefron- tal cortex, thought to be a measure of sustained attention.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"Both the frontal and posterior temporal cortexes disrupt semantic integration, which we see happen in individuals with various aphasias," Murphy said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023

The hypothesis that a drug could protect other patients’ entorhinal cortexes requires more research.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

Prefrontal cortexes, responsible for impulse control, don’t finish developing until the mid-20s.

From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022

I think the thing now is the way we are stressed by putting these excessive demands on our very powerful prefrontal cortexes, which I think is more of what makes us human than language.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2021

Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether—they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words—good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Several studies have identified decreases in gray matter volume in key regions such as the frontal and temporal cortices and the hippocampus, which play major roles in memory and decision-making.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025

Pleasure and pain are physically mingled in many of the same subcortical regions in your brain, with your insular and cingulate cortices both lighting up and triggering heart-pounding amygdala responses.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

In one 2022 study, Fani, Harnett and their colleagues reported that among 81 Black women who had experienced trauma, those who reported experiencing more racial discrimination showed proportionally thinner gray matter in the cingulate cortices.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023

If this works, she adds, one should expect to see reduced connected activity between the auditory and motor cortices.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2021

If such a thing as telepathy existed, one of its glories would be the opportunity for each of us to read the books in the cerebral cortices of our loved ones.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan