The brain naturally implements principles of calculus and integrated learned rules of life with sensory information to guide motor plans and actions.
Functional connectivity problems associated with temporal lobe epilepsy appear to improve after surgery.
Researchers have mapped the relationship of two types of neurons implicated in psychiatric and movement disorder. The findings could lead to new treatments for a range of disorders from depression to Parkinson's disease.
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.
A new study reveals Parkinson's patients have more copies of mitochondrial DNA in the brain stem, leading to increased cell death within that area.
Researchers have mapped out a circuit of neurons responsible for motor impairment in Parkinson's disease patients.
A new, non-invasive technique appears to be able to improve Parkinson's disease symptoms in rats, researchers report.
