FeaturedNeuroscience·May 3, 2018·7 min readDecoding the Brain’s Learning MachineA new study sheds light on how the cerebellum is able to make predictions and learn from mistakes, especially when it comes to completing complex motor actions. The findings could help in the development of new machine learning technologies.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 1, 2018·5 min readKey Brain to Spinal Cord Nerve Connections for Voluntary Movement MappedResearchers have successfully mapped brain to spinal cord neural connections that help drive voluntary movement. The map could be beneficial in developing new strategies to treat spinal cord damage.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·April 30, 2018·3 min readImmediate Restoration of Voluntary Movement with Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation in Two Patients with ParaplegiaResearchers report they have successfully and immediately restored volitional movement in two paralyzed people with the help of spinal cord stimulation. Additionally, the stimulation helped to reduce hypotension in the patients.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 26, 2018·7 min readNoninvasive Spinal Stimulation Enables Paralyzed People to Regain Use of HandsA new, non invasive spinal stimulation method has helped restore movement to hands of paralyzed patients, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 24, 2018·3 min readReal and Imagined Movements Are Controlled by the Brain in the Same WayResearchers report imagined movements can alter our sense of perception in the same ways as real movements do. The study reveals our brains predict how we would feel sensations if the imagined movements were executed.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 1, 2018·5 min readBody Movements Just Need a Puff of Dopamine to Get StartedResearchers say findings about how dopamine affects the initiation of movement could pave the way for the development of new treatments for Parkinson's and other movement related disorders.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 18, 2018·5 min readNearly Imperceptible Fluctuations in Movement Correspond to Autism DiagnosesMovement could be an accurate biomarker for the diagnosis of autism, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 17, 2018·4 min readMidbrain ‘Start Neurons’ Control Whether We Run or WalkUniversity 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.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 9, 2017·5 min readWhen Your Spinal Cord Takes ChargeResearchers have uncovered how our spinal cord knows when to process specific information, and when to ignore it from distracting us at the task at hand.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·December 8, 2017·4 min readBrain Network That Helps Babies Learn to Walk IdentifiedResearchers have identified a brain network that is involved in helping an infant learn to walk. Additionally, disruptions in the network may predict future risk of a child being diagnosed with ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 8, 2017·5 min readWhy We Can’t Always Stop What We’ve StartedStopping a planned behavior requires a complex and rapid choreography between a number of different brain areas, JHU researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 7, 2017·3 min readShining a Light to Understand the Body’s Balance SystemResearchers have developed a new way to help understand how the vestibular system works as an animal stands still. The method involves using optical tweezers to study the activity in the vestibular system.Read More
