At the heart of the project lies what is referred to as the Bowers WBHI Maternal Brain Project (MBP) dataset, a first-of-its-kind resource for mapping neuroanatomical changes — from preconception ...

A research team at the University of Osaka has identified a crucial brain region involved in motor learning during reaching ...

A research team at The University of Osaka has identified a crucial brain region involved in motor learning during reaching movements. The parvocellular division of the red nucleus , a small but ...

That has a direct impact on the function of a person’s organs and overall body systems, which can be used to determine how fast they are aging, the researchers noted. "Aging is a truly analog ...

Interestingly, the researchers observed that neurons in a midbrain structure known as the inferior colliculus that were activated when bats heard vocalizations belonging to specific categories ...

Rigid thinkers tend to have lower levels of dopamine in their prefrontal cortex and higher levels of dopamine in their striatum, a key midbrain ... the physical structure and function of their ...

“What you eat affects the structure and function of your brain and ultimately your mood,” she says. “Our brains require a constant supply of fuel. Good food with a lower GI has a more ...

An understanding of the basics about the brain’s structure and function can be ... and vomiting are all housed in the brainstem. The midbrain portion of the brainstem facilitates hearing and ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally ... with simpler spatial orienting behaviors and even reflexive functions," said David Freedman, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology ...

The brainstem is a roughly 3-inch structure in the brain that connects the cerebellum to the spinal cord. It is composed of three sections called the midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata that ...