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·August 26, 2021·5 min read

Old Habit-Controlling Neurons May Also Help the Brain Learn New Tricks

The delicate balance between learning new behaviors and expressing old habits is controlled by two different populations of neurons in the dorsolateral striatum.

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·July 28, 2021·4 min read

Motivation Depends on How the Brain Processes Fatigue

People show a decrease in motivation to exert effort or work when feeling fatigued. Motivation can be restored if people are allowed a short rest, however for those with long-term fatigue, motivation does not improve following a short-term period of rest.

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·February 23, 2021·6 min read

Basic Cell Health Systems Wear Down in Huntington’s Disease

Huntington's disease may progress to advanced stages as a result of degradation of the cells' health maintenance system than due to the increased disease pathology itself.

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·February 12, 2021·6 min read

Astrocytes May Be Linked to Stuttering

Astrocytes in the striatum appear to play a critical role in stuttering. Researchers found treatment with risperidone helped reduce stuttering by increasing the metabolism of striatal astrocytes.

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·February 3, 2021·5 min read

Unraveling the Mystery of Gao, a Protein Implicated in Movement Disorders

Study reveals the role the Gao protein plays in a rare genetic movement disorder often diagnosed during infancy and early childhood.

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·October 28, 2020·7 min read

Why Motivation to Learn Declines With Age

The decline of striosomal activity in the brain may explain why people lose the motivation to learn as they age.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 12, 2020·5 min read

Dopamine and Serotonin Play a Role in Human Perception and Decision-Making

Researchers recorded alterations in levels of both dopamine and serotonin in the brain when people perform perception and decision making based tasks.

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·September 20, 2020·3 min read

How the Brain’s Inner Clock Measures Seconds

The striatum and premotor cortex show altered patterns in neural activity when encoding time. The dynamics of the striatum were more sequential than those of the premotor cortex.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·September 15, 2020·3 min read

Reward and Punishment Take Similar Paths in the Mouse Brain

Researchers found specific neurons in the striosome that help mice learn to avoid negative experiences.

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·August 17, 2020·2 min read

The Missing Piece of the Brain’s Multitasking Network

Study reports the putamen, not just the cortex, contributes to the brain's ability to multitask.

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·May 13, 2020·3 min read

Significant differences exist among neurons expressing dopamine receptors

Dopamine receptors have different molecular features and functions depending on their anatomical location within the striatum. The findings could help develop better-targeted treatments for a range of disorders from schizophrenia to Parkinson's disease.

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·May 1, 2020·5 min read

Parkinson’s dyskinesia mechanism explained

Involuntary movements and tremors caused as a result of taking dopamine replacement medications for Parkinson's disease can be alleviated through the suppression of RasGRP1.

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