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Image shows neurons involved in walking.

·January 28, 2016·4 min read

Treating Parkinson’s Disease By Solving the Mysteries of Movement

A new study identifies a brain circuit that controls walking and identifies a new target for treating Parkinson's disease.

Image shows a magnified view of a mouse striatum.

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·January 21, 2016·5 min read

Why It’s So Hard to Break Habits

A new study reveals habits leave lasting marks on specific brain circuits, priming us to feed our cravings.

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·January 13, 2016·4 min read

Inflammation Connected to Elevated Glutamate Could Guide Depression Treatments

A new study reports on which patients may respond best to depression treatments that target glutamate.

Image shows brain activation patterns in schizophrenia.

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·November 24, 2015·5 min read

Brain Map Shows How Schizophrenia Symptoms are Linked to Distinct Neural Circuits

A neuroimaging study links the different symptoms of schizophrenia to neurological disruption in multiple brain areas.

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·October 9, 2015·5 min read

How the Brain Keeps Time

Researchers have discovered how neurons in the lateral intraparietal cortex measure time intervals and accurately reproduce them.

Illustration shows location of the basal ganglia in the brain.

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·October 7, 2015·3 min read

Lack of D1 Receptors Results in Slowed Movement in Parkinson’s Patients

A new study reveals a lack of dopamine transmission via D1 receptors disrupts information flow in the basal ganglia and can cause difficulty in initiating voluntary movements for Parkinson's patients.

This shows traffic walk lights with mice shown walking across the street.

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·September 17, 2015·4 min read

Slamming on the Brakes: How The Brain Can Abruptly Stop a Planned Behavior

Neurons in the basal forebrain are responsible for our ability to swiftly halt a planned behavior, a new study reports.

This is the striatonigral pathway in the basal ganglia.

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·September 10, 2015·4 min read

Why Long Term Use of L-DOPA for Parkinson’s Disease Leads to Dyskinesia

A new study reports Parkinson's related dyskinesia occurs when striatonigral neurons become less responsive to GABA.

This image shows a schematic of the major fiber pathways through the basal ganglia.

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·August 17, 2015·4 min read

Researchers Visualize Critical Part of Basal Ganglia Pathways

Researchers use neuroimaging technology to visualize the pathways that connect the different areas of the basal ganglia. The research could lead to new tracking of disease progression in Parkinson's and Huntington's disease.