A study by Duke University neuroscientists uncovers the role of dopamine in guiding song learning in juvenile zebra finches.

We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Perhaps you experience it yourself when passing a cafe or restaurant and ...

The biological roots of Tourette disorder occur in the basal ganglia, structures deep in the brain involved in the control of movement—particularly learned motor routines and habits. However, the role ...

Chart New Territories with the ultimate Minecraft Seed Generator! The amethyst geode structure was added in Minecraft 1.17 Caves and Cliffs update. It can be found in between y level 58 to -36.

Objectives To measure iron accumulation in the basal ganglia in Huntington's disease (HD) using quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), and to ascertain its relevance in terms of clinical and ...

A 24-year-old single man was referred to the psychiatric ward of the hospital of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco due to reports of unusual and refractory depression. Two years before admission, the ...

In this research, Soni and Frank investigate the network mechanisms underlying capacity limitations in working memory from a new perspective, with a focus on Visual Working Memory (VWM). The authors ...

Summary: A new study challenges the long-held belief that the striatum is responsible for selecting actions. Researchers found that instead of making decisions, the striatum and motor cortex work ...

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has traditionally been associated with brain damage involving the primary motor cortices and corticospinal tracts. In the recent decades, most of the research ...