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·March 12, 2026·8 min read

Overlooked Brainstem Pathway Discovered to Control Human Hands

New research reveals that an evolutionarily old pathway in the brainstem is a secret key to how humans use their hands.

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·March 2, 2026·10 min read

High-Speed Eye Tests Detect “Invisible” Brain Injuries

Scientists discover that the brain's ability to track movement remains impaired for decades after a concussion, revealing the long-term reality of head injuries.

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·November 4, 2025·6 min read

BrainSTEM Atlas Maps Every Cell of the Developing Human Brain

Scientists have built one of the most comprehensive single-cell maps of the developing human brain. The new BrainSTEM framework analyzed nearly 680,000 fetal brain cells to chart their growth and interactions, offering a detailed reference for studying neuron development.

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·October 8, 2025·8 min read

Hunger, Fear, and the Brain’s Hidden Switch to Turn Off Chronic Pain

Chronic pain affects nearly 50 million Americans, yet new research reveals the brain may have an internal switch that can turn it down. Scientists identified a group of neurons in the brainstem that regulate long-term pain by integrating signals related to hunger, fear, and thirst.

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·May 9, 2017·4 min read

The Veins in Your Brain Don’t All Act the Same

A new study reports that contrary behavior of blood vessels in the retrotrapezoid nucleus help keep us breathing.

Image shows neurons in the prefrontal cortex.

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·January 9, 2017·5 min read

Neural Connection Keeps Instincts in Check

Researchers have traced the neural connections that help us to curb our impulses.

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·September 16, 2014·2 min read

Scientists Discover New Sleep Node in the Brain

Researchers identify 'sleep node' in the mammalian brain. Its activity appears to be necessary and sufficient to produce deep sleep.

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·May 12, 2020·3 min read

Researchers find the ‘brain’s steering wheel’ in the brainstem of mice

Neural networks that are directly responsible for the coordination of walking movements are located in the spinal cord. A specific group of neurons in the brainstem signal to the spinal cord and control direction.

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·March 23, 2020·3 min read

The brainstem neurons that regulate non-REM sleep

Study identifies a key role the brainstem neurotensinergic neurons play in non-REM sleep regulation.

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·June 21, 2018·5 min read

Waking Up is Hard to Do: Prefrontal Cortex Implicated in Consciousness

A new study reveals the prefrontal cortex may play a role in coordinating the level of consciousness through the cholinergic system.

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·April 7, 2022·4 min read

Brainstem Atrophy Is Linked to Extrapyramidal Symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia

Patients who suffer from frontotemporal dementia with extrapyramidal symptoms have brainstem atrophy and reduced metabolic activity in specific brain regions compared to those with FTD without extrapyramidal symptoms.