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·June 12, 2019·3 min read

Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain

Study identifies a population of neurons in an area of the midbrain, called the red nucleus, that alter when fine motor skills are learned. The more an action is practiced, the stronger the connections between these neurons become.

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·March 21, 2019·3 min read

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

An opinion article reports on a potential common cause for both SIDS and SUDEP. The reason sudden death may occur is due to a person's inability to wake when CO2 levels in the blood rise, as a result of dysfunctional serotonin neurons in the midbrain.

a diagram showing how pain and taste converge in the brain

Featured Neuroscience Pain

·March 12, 2019·3 min read

Neuroscientists Find Brain Pathway Supporting an Intersection of Taste and Pain

Researchers have identified a pathway near the midbrain where neural messages for taste and pain converge, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 18, 2019·4 min read

Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI Identified As a Potential Biomarker for Psychosis

A new study reports neuromelanin sensitive MRI is able to measure dopamine function associated with psychosis.

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·November 26, 2018·5 min read

Neural Code that Predicts Behavior Identified

Differences in activity between the left and right superior colliculi help researchers predict whether an animal was seeing an event.

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·October 10, 2018·5 min read

Researchers Show Change in Beliefs Associated with Dopamine in Brain

A new brain imaging study reveals how the midbrain and striatum, two key areas of the dopamine system, become more active when a person updates their beliefs about the world around them.

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·September 11, 2018·4 min read

What Catches Our Eye?

Researchers report a neural network called the isthmic system helps us to select visual objects that catch our attention.

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·June 22, 2018·5 min read

Fright and Flight: Deciding When to Escape

Researchers have discovered a synaptic mechanism for computing escape decisions.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 23, 2018·3 min read

How Your Brain Learns to Expect Muddy Puddles in the Park (and Other Things)

Researchers reveal the role the orbitofrontal cortex plays in identity expectations.

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·January 17, 2018·4 min read

Midbrain ‘Start Neurons’ Control Whether We Run or Walk

University of Copenhagen researchers have identified two areas of the midbrain that appear to play specific roles in the start, speed and content of dependent selection of locomotion in mice.