The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brainstem respond very differently to acute versus chronic pain, potentially ...

Mice are prey animals, and while they must be able to move around looking for food, it is just as important that they can get to safety quickly—two opposite needs that are equally vital to their ...

Cochlear nucleus A brainstem region that processes sound signals received from the cochlea, essential for hearing. The device was developed through a decade-long collaboration between scientists at ...

A new study co-led by Mass General Brigham researchers points to a promising new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that could benefit people who are deaf due to Neurofibromatosis type 2 ...

Minimally invasive, wide-field two-photon imaging of the brainstem at cellular resolution. Cell Reports Methods, 2025; 101010 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2025.101010 ...

Reviewer #2 (Public review): Summary: Fallah et al carefully dissect projections from SNr and GPe - two key basal ganglia nuclei - to the PPN, an important brainstem nucleus for motor control. They ...

Reviewer #1 (Public review): Summary: This paper is an incremental follow-up to the authors' recent paper which showed that Purkinje cells make inhibitory synapses onto brainstem neurons in the ...

For instance, drugs that target this brain stem thermostat could be used to reduce inflammation in diseases where it goes out of whack, such as autoimmune diseases, the researchers said.