A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

Neuroscientists can now make precise genetic tweaks to the neurons that are most affected by brain diseases such as Parkinson ...

The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. This ...

Abstract: The globus pallidus internus (GPi) is the main output nucleus of the basal ganglia, which is associated with a variety of functions including motor performance and cognition. The GPi is one ...

Brad G. Smith, an ALS patient, regains communication abilities with a Neuralink implant, illustrating the potential of brain-computer interfaces in aiding speech impairments.

Breakthrough brain-computer tech could cut long-term care costs, unlock new income potential, and reshape how we financially ...

This study presents a valuable finding on how the locus coeruleus modulates the involvement of medial prefrontal cortex in set shifting using calcium ... expression in the LC of a DBH-Cre mouse. (b) ...

The authors note that there is a large corpus of research establishing the importance of LC-NE projections to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC ... The authors use a DBH-Cre mouse line, but the ...

Stroke is increasingly understood as a network disorder with symptoms often arising from disruption of white matter connectivity. Previous connectome-based lesion-symptom mapping studies revealed that ...