Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) causes profound and irreversible damage to the brain, often before a diagnosis is even ...

Even so, four in ten people with a diagnosis of CBS, are found, after death, not to have that brain cell loss in both the cortex and basal ganglia that means they ... has gone wrong with the way their ...

Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’s face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. As ...

Certain diseases, like Parkinson's and Huntingdon's disease, are associated with damage to the pathways between the brain's basal ganglia regions. The basal ganglia sits at the base of the brain and ...

Basal ganglia articles from across Nature Portfolio The basal ganglia are a set of subcortical structures that interact with the cerebral cortex to regulate motor, cognitive and affective function ...

This useful study employs optogenetics, genetically-encoded dopamine and serotonin sensors, and patch-clamp electrophysiology to investigate modulations of neurotransmitter release between striatal ...

This study provides novel and convincing evidence that both dopamine D1 and D2 expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell are crucial for the expression of cue-guided action selection, a ...

What causes cogwheeling? The basal ganglia are parts of the brain that help control your body movements and keep them smooth.

Texas lawmakers have approved a healthcare bill that paves the way for immigrant and undocumented medical graduates to practice medicine in the state.