Optimal brain processing requires balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons, study suggests
The brain's ability to process information is known to be supported by intricate connections between different neuron ...
Rethinking Brain Evolution: Birds and Mammals Took Different Paths to Intelligence
Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...
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Brain Distinguishes Pain and Itch Using Separate Neural Circuits
A new study reveals that pain and itch are processed by distinct neural circuits in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).
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Comparative fMRI reveals differences in the functional organization of the visual cortex for animacy perception in dogs and humans
The animate-inanimate category distinction is one of the general organizing principles in the primate high-level visual cortex. Much less is known about the visual cortical representations of animacy ...
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New neural modules discovered: Key to movement and skill learning
The research involved studying movement control in mice using a combination of optogenetics (controlling neural activity with ...
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Autonomic dysregulation in frontotemporal dementia
Funding This work was supported by funding to Forefront, a collaborative research group dedicated to the study of frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease, from the National Health and ...
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Mar. 9, 2025 — A recently launched Phase 1 clinical trial is examining the safety and feasibility of a groundbreaking treatment approach for Parkinson's disease in which a patient's stem cells ...