Stop the Spread. Injecting saline into mouse kidneys did not affect the left or right substantia nigra (top). Injecting fibrils of α-synuclein ablated about half of the dopaminergic neurons (middle ...

refers to the capacity to maintain arousal and alertness over time and is thought to be the responsibility of the midbrain structures (including the mesopontine reticular formation and midline and ...

Initial evidence collected in the early 1980’s pointed to the potential importance of the LHb in controlling midbrain structures. However, only much more recently it is starting to become clear that ...

For effective drug evaluation and precise biological research, technology that preserves the three-dimensional structure of organoids ... signals in midbrain organoids, demonstrating the ...

For effective drug evaluation and precise biological research, technology that preserves the three-dimensional structure of organoids ... signals in midbrain organoids, demonstrating the ...

i.e., altered structure and function in hippocampal, prefrontal, lateral temporal, midbrain, striatal, thalamic, and cerebellar regions as well as increased mesolimbic dopamine function and altered ...

Ozempic, or semaglutide, is a GLP-1 agonist, meaning its molecules mimic the structure of GLP-1 ... Associative learning, which takes place in the midbrain, can be impaired in some cases of ...

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

Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia ... is made up of three main parts: the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata.

Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have discovered connections between the globus pallidus and a rarely explored area of the brain.

A recent large-scale study published in Science Advances has revealed a connection between genetic variations associated with ...