Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

This is very unlike neurons in insects and crustacea, where the cell body is generally not excitable and is not near the “decision point” for the neuron. Above is a schematic diagram of the collection ...

A large number of computational models of information processing in the basal ganglia have been developed in recent years. Prominent in these are actor-critic models ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

Treating the neurons and me — my mental states — in a synergistic way proved to speed up and enhance healing. It does for ...

When they played recordings of a bird's own songs, they found that a large proportion of HVC neurons that project to the avian basal ganglia ... bird's repertoire — the neuron's primary song.

Now, a new study from Caltech uncovers diverse neuron populations within the sympathetic ... autonomic nervous system consists of neurons in ganglia (groups or clusters) throughout the body ...