The phrase "a layer of brain" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used when discussing the anatomical structure of the brain, but it is more common to refer to specific layers or regions of the brain.
Example: "The cerebral cortex is a layer of the brain responsible for many higher-order functions."
Alternatives: "a layer of the brain tissue" or "a section of the brain".
The condition has puzzled scientists because the malarial parasite shouldn't be able to cross the so-called blood-brain barrier--a layer of cells lining the brain's surface that guard against any harmful molecules the blood might be harboring.
The dura is thin like cloth, so I scored and lifted it, but didn't cut the surface of the brain underneath, which is floating in a thin layer of brain fluid.
As they report in Nature, Kyle McCraken and his colleagues have grown simulacra of stomachs.In this section Having the stomach for it Oops... Next candidate A phoenix rises ReprintsStomachs, like intestines but unlike brains, develop from a layer of the embryo called the endoderm (brains develop from the ectoderm).
A 5-8mm round coverglass (#1.5) was then placed with a layer of ACSF over the exposed brain.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), technique based on electromagnetic induction that is used to stimulate neurons in the brain cortex (the outer layer of brain tissue, or gray matter).
But there's little doubt it involves the prefrontal cortex, the thin outer layer of brain tissue behind the forehead, and experiments like this one show that it can be one of the last neural areas to know when a decision is made.
In mice and humans alike, the cerebral cortex the outermost layer of brain tissue associated with high-level functions such as memory and decision-making starts out as a spherical sheet of tissue madecision-making startstem cells.
Beyond just "reading minds," this new layer of brain allows us to tune our mindset, motivation and actions to meet those of others, sustaining higher social forms of life based largely on communication and teamwork.
The newest layer of brain behind our foreheads, called the prefrontal cortex, includes "mirror neurons" and other elements that help us read and imitate the facial expressions, vocal tones and bodily actions of others.
The first layer of brain ventricles wall consists of ependymal cells, i.e., radial glia-derived cells that intensively stain for the astrocyte marker S100β [18] (green fluorescence in Figure 3A).
