Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of the cerebrum, a laminated sheet of grey matter composed of densely interconnected neurons organized into distinct cytoarchitectonic regions. It mediates higher-order functions including perception, voluntary movement, language, attention, memory, and executive control, i…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 75× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-182X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

The cerebral cortex is the outermost layer of the cerebrum, a laminated sheet of grey matter composed of densely interconnected neurons organized into distinct cytoarchitectonic regions. It mediates higher-order functions including perception, voluntary movement, language, attention, memory, and executive control, integrating sensory input with cognitive and motor output through extensive intracortical and subcortical connections. Specialized areas such as the visual cortex process modality-specific information, while white-matter pathways including thalamic radiations relay signals between cortex and deeper structures; cortical development depends on neuronal and glial maturation, oligodendrocyte differentiation, and signaling pathways such as Wnt. Cortical structure and function can be probed with functional magnetic resonance imaging and are altered by sensory, metabolic, environmental, and pathological factors. The peer-reviewed studies indexed under this topic examine the microanatomy of thalamic radiations, the influence of refractive error on the human visual cortex assessed by functional imaging, neuroscience approaches to autism spectrum physiopathology, effects of radiofrequency radiation, the role of cerebral hypercarbia in altered states, oligodendrocyte development and Wnt signaling, and molecular and metabolic disorders affecting cortical tissue. Together they reflect investigation of cortical anatomy, connectivity, development, and function across neuroanatomical, imaging, and molecular perspectives.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

Microanatomy of Thalamic Radiations

N’dri Oka DominiqueCorresponding author
Neurosurgery Unit, Yopougon Teaching Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Exact topic International Journal of Human Anatomy Cited by 11 doi:10.14302/issn.2577-2279.ijha-17-1719
2019

Neuroscience Theories, Hypothesis and Approaches to ASD Physiopathology. A Review

OJ CastejónCorresponding author
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas “Drs. Orlando Castejón and Haydee Viloria de Castejón” e Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, San Rafael Clinical Home. Maracaibo. Venezuela.
Exact topic Neurological Research and Therapy Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-19-2974

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 75 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Cerebral Cortex, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Brain And Spinal Cancer (ISSN 2576-182X).

Journal editorial board
Suraj Konnath George · United States Alex Y. Huang · United States Pier Paolo Panciani · Italy

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