Cerebellum in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." It's the sister word to cerebral, which means "relating to the cerebrum." Source: Sebastian Kaulitzki / Shutterstock ...
In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, a group of researchers explored how the cerebellum directly affects dopamine release in the substantia nigra compacta (SNc). While the cerebellum's ...
New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...
New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...
New research into the mechanism of the placebo effect sheds light on the brain circuitry involved in pain relief. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Stanford ...
Evolutionary biologists report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an enduring question in biology: How did the brains of birds evolve ...