A new study published in Diagnostics provides evidence that the striatum, rather than the cerebral cortex, receives the highest concentration of dopamine input in the brain. Advanced confocal imaging ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Columnar structure is one of the most fundamental morphological features of the cerebral cortex and is thought to be the basis of information ...

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Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by a brain region called the striatum, which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that ...

A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan. Using mice with the disease, the researchers found that treatment with ...

Scientists know that social isolation can alter brain structure and lead to the breakdown of myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve fibers in the brain. But they don't yet know exactly how or ...