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 ...

New research in mice reveals that different cerebello-thalamic pathways play distinct roles in acquiring and consolidating motor skills. Neurons linking the cerebellum to the intralaminar thalamus aid ...

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 ...

For the first time, neuroscientists have identified that primate-like connectivity between the cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") and the cerebrum may be linked to superior avian intelligence and ...

Light can trigger a signaling cascade in the cerebellum. This also illuminates processes that play an important role in cerebellar diseases. Processes in the cerebellum are involved in various ...

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, ...

Neuronal specification, expansion and differentiation are tightly regulated by the concerted actions of transcription and chromatin modifying factors that are recruited to regulatory elements in the ...

New research into the mechanism of the placebo effect sheds light on the brain circuitry involved in pain relief. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Stanford ...

Ataxia is a neurological condition that disrupts muscle coordination, affecting movement, balance, and sometimes speech or vision. It can be inherited, acquired from other conditions, or occur ...