Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome (CMS ... Periaqueductal Gray (PAG): A region in the midbrain involved in the modulation of pain and vocalization. Fractional Anisotropy (FA): A measure used in diffusion ...

the cerebellum enables the body to maintain balance and posture. Brain Stem The brain stem, situated at the bottom of the brain, is made up of three main parts: the midbrain, pons, and medulla ...

Measurements of midbrain atrophy including the midbrain to pons ratio ... subjects and three times the rate of pontine atrophy in PSP. Atrophy rates in the cerebellum (3.2 ± 1.9% per year) were more ...

This important study provides new evidence on the role of norepinephrine (NE) release in the hippocampus in response to environmental transitions (event boundaries), providing a potential link between ...

Using α-syn fibril-induced PD model, researchers aimed to restore the degenerated dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain by the wireless DBS nanosystem. After stereotactic ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...

About five years ago, Yale School of Medicine neuroscientist Zvonimir Vrselja, Ph.D., and his colleagues shocked the medical community with a groundbreaking experiment. They removed a ...

Founded in 2016, the Fremont, Calif-based Neuralink is currently working on offering digital autonomy to those with quadriplegia. By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain ...