As we go about our daily lives, we are constantly bombarded by a steady stream of sensory information. Take a typical morning routine for example- roused from sleep by a shrill alarm, the strong aroma ...

The cerebellum ("little brain") is tucked underneath the basal ganglia; it sits in the back of the skull below the cerebrum. Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Neuroscientists have unearthed ...

Cerebellum in orange. Cerebellar means "relating to the cerebellum." It's the sister word to cerebral, which means "relating to the cerebrum." Source: Sebastian Kaulitzki / Shutterstock ...

In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, a group of researchers explored how the cerebellum directly affects dopamine release in the substantia nigra compacta (SNc). While the cerebellum's ...

The sense of touch is used by animals to build a spatial representation of the surrounding environment. A large fraction of the tactile information is acquired in an active context, while the body is ...

BRONX, NY--(January 17, 2019)--In a study published online today in the journal Science, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, prove for the first time that the brain ...

The medical community has believed the job of the cerebellum, located in the base of the skull, was mostly for motor function. University of Iowa Assistant Professor of psychiatry Krystal Parker has ...

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...

The cerebellum — or”little brain” — helps with movement and balance. It can also play a role in cognitive functions like speaking, thinking, remembering, and communicating. The cerebellum can be found ...

A signaling pathway has the potential to block a type of cancer in the cerebellum, suggests new research. The work is focused on brain tumor formation in animal models of medulloblastoma, the most ...