When a Hartland man was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he thought his music career was over. Turns out a solution to his tremors was the one thing he initially feared – brain surgery.
Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it.
A new study by neuroscientists shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in distinct ways. Depending on the type of uncertainty, planning and execution of ...
The hypothalamus and pituitary gland work together as the control center for hormone production and internal body stability. Positioned just above the brain stem, the hypothalamus regulates autonomic ...
Blood vessels in the brain are highly interconnected and efficient in actively regulating blood flow. Yet, the mechanisms that regulate flow are not well studied on a holistic level. To determine how ...
Stereotactic radiation delivered over three to five sessions after surgery significantly improved local control for patients ...
Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep ...
Learn about the associations between brain injuries and political behavior, which reveal which brain regions regulate our interest in politics. In the world today, it seems that politics are always at ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major source of disability and mortality while outcomes remain highly variable due to the complexities and multisystem nature of TBI and the fact that there is ...