Learn what you need to know about the substantia nigra. Discover its function, location, and possible health risks.

Cells that control hunger have a strong influence on the brain’s higher cortical regions. The findings could lead to new treatments for psychiatric illness.

In threatening situations, fear-conditioned analgesia is an essential survival response. A midbrain structure called the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) plays a key role in this process.

Forebrain Midbrain Brain stem or hind brain The central part of the brain includes the brain stem and the midbrain. The function of the midbrain and has been largely preserved over years of evolution.

A previously overlooked and under-researched region of the midbrain may be key to helping us pay attention.

Two brain structures are crucial to the processing of visual stimuli: the visual cortex in the primary cerebral cortex and the superior colliculus, a structure in the midbrain.

Rigid thinkers tend to have lower levels of dopamine in their prefrontal cortex and higher levels of dopamine in their striatum, a key midbrain structure in our reward system that controls our ...

The central mesencephalic reticular formation (cMRF) is an integral midbrain structure that plays a critical role in the modulation and execution of eye movements.

Learn about the brainstem. Find out how this critical part of your brain functions and health problems that can affect it.

A study in mice has unpicked the neuronal circuitry responsible for pain suppression in threatening situations, pointing towards better pain relief treatments.