A new study has identified a region in the brainstem, the structure connecting the brain to the spinal cord, that plays a crucial role in cognitive flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing ...
Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...
A major analysis of brain scans found that people with anxiety disorders have noticeably lower levels of choline, a nutrient ...
Tsukuba, Japan—Listening to rhythmic music, particularly music with a pronounced groove, elicits a heightened sense of excitement, prompting individuals to instinctively move their bodies in sync with ...
Depression affects about 5.8% of the Brazilian population and presents a wide range of symptoms, intensities, and durations.
Inhibiting locus coeruleus input to the medial prefrontal cortex in mice impaired task performance, affected the tuning of single cortical neurons and disrupted population dynamics and encoding ...
An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...