September 19, 2024 by University of Chicago Credit: CC0 Public Domain The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright flash of light. New research from the University of Chicago shows that this part...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Graphic summary of the study design. In this study, we evaluate four hypotheses: (i) Age-parsed networks in neurotypical brains explain more SCZ genetic risk than the same data not age-parsed. (ii) The course of SCZ enrichment differs between NCs and patients with SCZ. (iii) There is a molecular environment to...
by Rockefeller University Credit: Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition We have a pretty good idea of where memory starts and ends—short-term memories form in the hippocampus and, if the situation calls for it, stabilize into long-term memories in the cortex. But what happens along the winding path between short-term to long-term memory is a mystery....
by Richard C. Lewis, University of Iowa Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of Iowa researchers have confirmed in a new study that a specific region in the brain is critical to governing the mind’s communication with the body’s motor control system. The findings could yield advances in treatment for Parkinson’s disease, as declining motor coordination...
by University of Oxford Retrograde labeling of the mouse claustrum from multiple neocortical locations shown in different colors. Credit: Andrew Shelton (DPAG) A new review paper, published in the journal Brain, has shown that a poorly understood region of the brain called the claustrum may play an important role in how we experience pain. The little understood...
by Mikayla MacE Kelley, University of Arizona Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Feeling full, or satiated, after a meal is healthy and normal, but what causes that feeling is complicated and not well understood. New University of Arizona-led research published in the journal Molecular Metabolism has identified a brain region and neural circuitry that mediate satiation, which could...
by NYU Langone Health Image highlights the dorsal precentral gyrus (in red), crossing the folded front surface at the top of the brain. Credit: NYU Grossman School of Medicine A region crossing the folded surface of the top of the brain, called the dorsal precentral gyrus, plays an essential role in how people use the...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have participated in a large international research project that has identified all cell types in the motor cortex, the part of the brain that controls movement. The research has resulted in a detailed cell atlas presented in a large special package of scientific articles in Nature. The long-term goal of the...
by Allen Institute for Brain Science Digital reconstructions of human neurons overlaid on a slice of brain tissue donated by a brain surgery patient. Allen Institute researchers are able to capture electrical information from these live human neurons, as well as their 3D shape and gene expression, through a technique known as Patch-seq. This image shows...
by Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Sexual receptivity and rejection may be orchestrated by the same brain regionCertain neurons in the brains of female mice change their structure across the reproductive cycle, gaining higher complexity during the receptive phase. Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown – Lima Lab (data); Diogo Matias (design). In many species,...
