Neuroscientists have revealed the precise connections between sensory neurons inside the retina and the superior colliculus, a structure in the midbrain. Neuropixels probes are a relatively recent ...

The auditory brainstem implant is an option for patients with sensorineural hearing loss who are not suitable candidates for cochlear implants, but its placement involves a difficult surgical ...

Locomotion, or moving from one place to another, is one of the most fundamental movements we perform. We do it when we want or we need to, and it is a complex sequence from initiating the first step, ...

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

Scientists are leveraging cutting-edge organoid technology to uncover the causes of Parkinson's and accelerate the development of new treatments. Study: Human midbrain organoids: a powerful tool for ...

In a work of systematic biology that advances the field, researchers have identified 16 distinct cell populations in a complex area of the midbrain called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA. The VTA ...

Dopamine neurons in the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA) ...

Do you need a new source of motivation to get you off the couch and exercising more during COVID-19 quarantines? If so, consider this: Midbrain in red. Source: Wikimedia/Life Science Databases (LSDB) ...

For the first time, neuroscientists from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (currently in the process of being established) have revealed the ...