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·January 27, 2023·4 min read

Even Simple Motions Make Ripples Across Brain

A simple motion like a push of a button can send ripples of activity across neurons spanning the entire brain, a new study reports.

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·September 22, 2022·6 min read

Mapping the Whole Human Brain

The Allen Institute is launching a new global collaboration to map approximately 200 billion cells in the human brain by type and function.

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·June 11, 2022·5 min read

Learning and Remembering Movement

Focusing on the largest pyramidal neurons in the motor cortex, researchers found dendritic branches do not simply pass movement information forward. Each sub-branch calculates the information and passes it to larger sub-branches, which in turn, perform the same operation. Multiple dendritic branchlets can interact with each other to amplify their combined computational product.

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·May 4, 2022·3 min read

Multiple Brain Regions Control Speech Found, Challenging Common Assumption

Researchers report multiple areas of the frontal lobe control the muscles of vocalizations and could control complex speech. The findings refute the long-standing belief that only the primary motor cortex directly influences the larynx.

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·November 9, 2021·4 min read

Are Some Brains Wired for Dance?

Numerous studies have found dancing can help promote improved mental health and overall wellbeing, regardless of a person's age. Researchers explore why some people are "born to dance".

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·June 12, 2021·4 min read

Moral Disgust Leaves Us With a ‘Bad Taste’

When people witness an act they find offensive, the brain inhibits neurons that control tongue movement in the same way as it does when a person tastes something bad.

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·April 20, 2020·5 min read

Researchers delay onset of ALS

Increasing the activity of interneurons in later 5 of the primary motor cortex in mouse models of ALS effectively slowed the onset of the disease.

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·February 13, 2020·4 min read

How early life trauma can contribute to functional neurological disorder

Findings shed light on what happens in the brains of patients with functional neurological disorders as well as other trauma-related brain disorders.

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·January 9, 2020·5 min read

Decoding hidden brain chatter to advance neuroprostheses

Neural activity patterns for limb movements remain stable over time. Researchers were able to record, decode, and reconstruct activity patterns from common movement skills. The findings could have immediate implications for the development of neuroprosthetics that can bypass brain injuries by inferring intended motor actions from a person's brain.

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·December 30, 2019·2 min read

Battery-powered headgear could short-circuit joint pain

A portable transcranial direct current stimulation headset may provide relief for those with joint pain.

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·September 13, 2019·2 min read

Discovering biological mechanisms enabling pianists to achieve skillful fingering

Expert pianists have altered mechanisms by with tactile and proprioceptive sensations suppress activity in the primary motor cortex.

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·June 11, 2019·4 min read

Research moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomy

Findings allow for the development of an autonomously updating brain-machine interface, which is able to improve on its own by learning about its subject without additional programming. The system could help develop new robotic prosthetics, which can perform more naturally.

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primary motor cortex

Even Simple Motions Make Ripples Across Brain

Mapping the Whole Human Brain

Learning and Remembering Movement

Multiple Brain Regions Control Speech Found, Challenging Common Assumption

Are Some Brains Wired for Dance?

Moral Disgust Leaves Us With a ‘Bad Taste’

Researchers delay onset of ALS

How early life trauma can contribute to functional neurological disorder

Decoding hidden brain chatter to advance neuroprostheses

Battery-powered headgear could short-circuit joint pain

Discovering biological mechanisms enabling pianists to achieve skillful fingering

Research moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomy

Predicting PTSD: Brain Scans Unravel Trauma’s Long-term Effects

Brain’s Molecular Response to Psychological Loss

Brain’s Dual-Chemical Switch for Attention Revealed

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