Automation, AI, and human organoids enable researchers to move away from outdated 2D cell cultures and animal models, ...

Scientists looking for the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's generally focus on the ...

Scientists have identified a midbrain region in fish that combines light signals from the eyes and the pineal organ, a light-sensing structure on top of the head often called the ‘third eye,’ to guide ...

In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers have identified the neurogenic progenitor that give rise to dopaminergic neurons, the primary neurons affected ...

The study provides the most detailed spatiotemporal profile to date of early human midbrain development, offering a powerful new reference for neuroscience and regenerative medicine. The midbrain is ...

Midbrain dopaminergic neurons under a microscope. Credit: Hilary Toh, Duke-NUS Medical School A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the ...

The midbrain is the brainstem's quiet yet critical component, governing everything from alertness and eye movements to our fundamental orientation in the world If the brain were a grand Indian ...

The second higher-resolution projection focuses on the midbrain-pinpointing dopaminergic neurons with greater precision. This "comprehensive reference map" now provides scientists worldwide with a ...

Every fleeting glance you take of your surroundings sets off a chain reaction inside your skull, shuttling retinal signals to a tiny midbrain hub. New findings show that this relay does more than ...

The brain is made up of many different parts, each responsible for maintaining certain processes in the body or mind. The medulla oblongata is a small area of the brain stem. Though it may be little, ...