It sounds like an oxymoron, but we could find the origin of consciousness in our brains using the brains of those who are unconscious.

A recent study identified beta frequency neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of the brain's frontal lobe as the key neural signature underlying processes associated with recognizing ...

Libero, L.E., Reid, M.A., White, D.M., Salibi, N., Lahti, A.C., Kana, R. K. Biochemistry of the Cingulate Cortex in Autism: an MR Spectroscopy Study. In Press, Autism ...

Formalin was injected into the hind paw and histamine into the neck of a mouse to induce pain and itch, respectively. The activation patterns of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) neurons were then ...