For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University BrainHub scientists have used a non-invasive brain-imaging tool to detect the pathways that connect the parts of the basal ganglia.

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 ...

Could you guess which type of love ignited more parts of the participants' brains ... ‘‘The activation pattern of love is ...

VP birth results in smaller basal ganglia and thalamic volumes at term-equivalent age, and these smaller volumes are related to a range of 7-year neurodevelopmental deficits in VP children.

Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement-they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision.

A large number of computational models of information processing in the basal ganglia have been developed in recent years. Prominent in these are actor-critic models of basal ganglia functioning which ...

Researchers have found that people scoring high for psychopathy have structural changes in parts of their brains related to ...

'Striosome' neurons in the basal ganglia play a key role in learning Date: April 17, 2018 Source: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University Summary: Researchers have ...

Subcortical structures, which include the basal ganglia and parts of the limbic system, have key roles in learning, motor control and emotion, but also contribute to higher-order executive ...