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Using mice, the researchers pinpointed a group of brain cells in the frontal cortex that connects to the brainstem, where vital actions like breathing are controlled.

That moment when Jake sings an off-key version of “...Baby One More Time” is “burned into my frontal cortex,” he says.

Researchers led by the University of California, Irvine are the first to reveal how two neural circuits located in the brain's retrosplenial cortex are directly linked to spatial navigation and memory storage.

There are brain pathways for copying and following others — in the cortex, dopamine system, and pain centers, to motivate conformity and violence.

Strikingly, the insular cortex, a part of the brain that connects deeper brain regions with the cortex, had consistent and unique patterns for both positive and negative emotions, but not for mixed ones.