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 ...

Alcohol dependence is associated with impaired control over emotionally motivated actions, possibly associated with abnormalities in the frontoparietal executive control network and midbrain nodes of ...

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 ...

Dopamine neurons in the midbrain are involved in higher cognitive functions in addition to their role in the reward system Figure 1: A computer illustration of a ...

Downbeat nystagmus (DBN) is classically attributed to cerebellar pathology. Far less often, DBN arises from brainstem disease, with midbrain etiologies being exceptionally rare and poorly ...

For talkative midshipman fish -- sometimes called the 'California singing fish' -- the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication. For talkative ...

A midbrain region in fish combines light signals from the eyes and the pineal organ, a light-sensing structure often called the 'third eye.' ...