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·November 19, 2025·6 min read

Brain’s “Hourglass Timer” Controls the Precise Timing of Movement

Researchers have discovered how the brain keeps time for precise movements, revealing a neural “hourglass” mechanism between the motor cortex and striatum. The motor cortex sends timing signals that accumulate in the striatum until they reach a threshold that triggers action.

This shows an older man on an exercise bike in a hospital. A nurse is at his side. On the cycle is a monitor with a brain game.

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·August 3, 2025·7 min read

Cycling Boosts Brain Function in Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reveals that long-term adaptive cycling can measurably reshape brain signals in people with Parkinson’s Disease, offering clues into how exercise relieves motor symptoms. Researchers used deep brain stimulation (DBS) implants to track neural activity before and after 12 sessions of dynamic cycling.

They found hyperexcitability in the motor cortex was increased at this point and used an intervention to calm the excitability taking place in that part of the brain. Credit: Neuroscience News

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·August 25, 2023·4 min read

Is A Hidden Brain Hub A New Key to Combating Drug Relapse?

Researchers spotlighted a brain region, typically overlooked in addiction research, that may be pivotal in predicting drug relapse. While past research has honed in on the medial prefrontal cortex, these scientists turned their attention to the supplementary motor cortex.

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·March 10, 2023·5 min read

Astrocyte Cells Critical for Learning Skilled Movements

Study reveals two specific ways in which astrocytes directly impact motor learning.

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·February 13, 2023·4 min read

Changes in the Brain Responsible for Motor Skill Learning

As rat models became proficient at learning new motor skills, they developed synchronous low-frequency oscillatory activity in two brain areas that were recorded that emerged across the cerebellum and motor cortex networks with skill consolidation.

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·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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·December 27, 2022·3 min read

Researchers Study Pain-Relieving Neural Mechanisms by Activation of the Motor Cortex

Study reveals a new brain circuit for neurostimulation in pain therapy.

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·December 20, 2022·5 min read

During Sleep, Brain Regions Synchronize to Create Motor Memory

Study reveals how motor memory is consolidated during sleep.

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·December 5, 2022·3 min read

New Findings on Neuronal Activities in the Sensorimotor Cortex

New findings about neural activity in the sensorimotor cortex may aid in the development of neuroprosthetics to help compensate for neuronal dysfunctions.

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·November 16, 2022·2 min read

Jumping the Gun: Brain Area Associated with Premature Action Identified

The anterior lateral motor cortex, an area of the brain associated with action planning, plays a major role in premature actions such as when a person "jumps the gun", or starts to run before a race starts.