Previous studies have reported that the cerebellum, which is most well-known for coordinating the body’s movements, is also ...

Although the prevailing wisdom among neuroscientists is that Purkinje cells have just one primary dendrite that connects with a single climbing fiber from the brain stem, new research shows that ...

The ability to use language to communicate is one of things that makes us human. At MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain ...

Neurological soft signs (NSS) have been shown to be the important biomarkers for schizophrenia. These signs, including motor coordination, sensory integration and disinhibition, were conventionally ...

The evolution of higher cognitive functions in humans has so far mostly been linked to the expansion of the neocortex. Researchers are increasingly realizing, however, that the 'little brain' or ...

In a first for USC Stem Cell scientists, the laboratory of Giorgia Quadrato, an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, has pioneered a novel human brain organoid model ...

Below is a YouTube clip of Dr. Schmahmann's lecture, "The Cerebellar Affective Cognitive Syndrome: Implications for Neuropsychiatry," in which he explains his revolutionary theory of "Dysmetria of ...

Apathy, social withdrawal, loss of motivation: the so-called "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia are among the most disabling and difficult to treat. A team from the University of Geneva ...

A central theme of my blog ‘Mind Shift’ and also of my book of the same name, is that human consciousness, although having many similarities to the consciousness of other species, also has some very ...