While tics have been considered to result from an aberrant function of the brain's motor cortex, a Kobe University mouse study has now discovered a connection to the brain's emotional functions. The ...

Researchers from the Rome Biomedical Campus have found that caffeine can alter the work of the brain's electrical inhibitory system, which suppresses unnecessary motor signals. The results of the ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating neurological conditions, severing communication between the ...

Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to movement planning, this ...

Shows promise for social communication difficulties Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is among the leading causes of health burden in children and adolescents worldwide and remains a major challenge for ...

By targeting the brain’s motor cortex with magnetic stimulation, the treatment reduced social and language deficits in young ...

Kung, jak, kungjak.” Elderly hands move to the drumbeat, and their toes keep time. Eyes closed, they feel the rhythm, ...

Brandon Patterson has been through a lot in the nine years since rolling a Jeep left him paralyzed. Now he's on the leading edge of science.