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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·June 11, 2025·4 min read

          How Serotonin Circuits Learn from Motion to Regulate Behavior

          Scientists have uncovered how serotonergic neurons in larval zebrafish process visual information tied to movement to determine when and how much serotonin to release. This neuromodulator fine-tunes the fish’s swimming effort, adjusting behavior based on the effectiveness of past actions.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 11, 2024·5 min read

          Virtual Rat with AI Brain Mimics Real Rodent Movement

          Researchers created a virtual rat with an AI brain to study how real rats control movement. Using data from real rats, they trained the AI to mimic behaviors in a physics simulator. The virtual rat's neural activations closely matched those of real rats, offering new insights into brain function. This innovation could revolutionize neuroscience and improve robotic control systems.
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          ·February 8, 2024·5 min read

          Neural Insights Reveal the Secrets of Locomotion

          Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding how stick insects control their leg muscles during walking, challenging previous assumptions about motor neuron activation. Their study reveals that neurons activating the depressor muscle in a stick insect's leg receive a unique rhythmic excitation, unlike other leg muscles.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 29, 2024·4 min read

          Ancient Skulls Unveil Secrets of Human Bipedalism

          A recent study using three-dimensional CT scans of the 6-million-year-old ape, Lufengpithecus, offers new insights into the evolution of human bipedalism. By analyzing the ape's bony inner ear region, researchers discovered a connection between its semicircular canals and locomotor behavior, suggesting a three-step evolution of human bipedalism from ancestral arboreal and terrestrial movements.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 8, 2023·9 min read

          Dancing Neurons: Unlocking the Secrets of Movement

          Zebrafish, with their transparent bodies, are offering neuroscientists a unique insight into the intricacies of brain-controlled movement. Researchers zoomed in on the zebrafish's brain to understand the neural choreography of motion.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 4, 2023·4 min read

          The Brain’s Hidden Locomotion Command Center

          Researchers uncovered key mechanisms in the brain that control movement initiation. The mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) in the brain, an ancient and conserved region across various vertebrates, plays a pivotal role in starting movements such as walking, flying, and swimming.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 20, 2023·5 min read

          High Frequency Brain Wave Patterns in the Motor Cortex Can Predict an Upcoming Movement

          Spatially organized recruitment of neural activity across the motor cortex informs details of planned movements.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·January 10, 2023·5 min read

          Cat Locomotion Could Unlock Better Human Spinal Cord Injury Treatment

          Somatosensory feedback from specialized sensors helps inform the spinal cord about ongoing movement and keeps a cat from falling when they encounter obstacles.
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          This shows a baby with its movements mapped
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 26, 2022·3 min read

          Spontaneous Baby Movements Are Important for Development of Coordinated Sensorimotor System

          A new study reveals the spontaneous, random movements babies make aid in the development of the sensorimotor system.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 27, 2022·3 min read

          A Brain Circuit Underpinning Locomotor Speed Control

          A neural circuit that decodes the start, duration and sudden change of speed of locomotion has been identified.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 27, 2022·4 min read

          Yes, Men Run Faster Than Women, but Over Shorter Distances and Not by Much

          The between-sex performance gap when it comes to running is much narrower at shorter sprint distances, a new study reveals.
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          This shows the robotic dog
          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·July 18, 2022·6 min read

          Robot Dog Learns to Walk in One Hour

          A new learning algorithm trains a robotic dog to walk within one hour, researchers report.
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          Study Challenges Link Between Football and Brain Protein Buildup

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