Study Reveals Roots of OCD
A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.... Read More...
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Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior
Researchers have identified how two types of neurons divide the labor to plan and initiate movements.... Read More...
New Map of Brain Region Linked to Alzheimer’s
Researchers have successfully created the most detailed map of the hippocampus, an area of the brain implicated in memory. The map shows the structure, neural connections and functions in vivid detail.... Read More...
Amputation Injury is Communicated to Opposing Limbs
Researchers report that following amputation of one limb, the bioelectrical properties are immediately reflected in the undamaged, opposing limb.... Read More...
Identifying the Brain Networks Involved in Free Will
Researchers report brain stimulation to different parts of a specific brain network can change perceptions of free will. ... Read More...
What’s That Smell? A New Way of Understanding Odors
Researchers have been able to map odor molecules based on how often they occur in nature with the help of mathematical modeling.... Read More...
Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Patients
Researchers report the adverse cognitive effects associated with DBS in Parkinson's patients are linked to a different neural pathway than the one responsible for the motor effects generated by the treatment.... Read More...
Painting a Nuanced Picture of Brain System Regulation Moods and Movements
A new study reports the serotonin system is made up of multiple parallel pathways that affect the brain in different, and sometimes opposing, ways.... Read More...
Early Sensory Stimulation is Critical for the Development of Sensory Networks
A new study reports sensory stimulation during the first two weeks of life is critical for establishing brain networks that help map sensation.... Read More...
Rewiring the Brain to Fight Epilepsy
Sema4D not only reduces the severity of seizures in mouse models of epilepsy, it also helps to increase the number of inhibitory synapses in the brains of the animals, researchers report. ... Read More...
What Keeps the Brain Awake?
A new study reveals a specific pathway in the brains of fruit flies that prevents them from falling asleep during the day.... Read More...
Complete Fly Brain Image at Nanoscale Resolution
HHMI researchers used electronic microscopy technology to generate a high resolution digital snapshot of the adult fruit fly brain.... Read More...