Neuroimaging evidence enhances understanding of the subcortex’s role in the neural mechanisms of working memory updating, providing new insights into midbrain function.

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for patients with Parkinsons disease, but its impact on basal ganglia nuclei is not fully understood. DBS applied to the subthalamic nucleus (STN ...

Levitin, best known for his 2006 book “This Is Your Brain on Music,” tackles a more specific subject this time out: the ...

Editor's evaluation This study provides fundamental findings that challenge the traditional view of segregated cerebellar and basal ganglia circuits in the motor thalamus, revealing a novel ...

This is required for the proper functioning of the basal ganglia system. The substantia nigra, which controls movement, is connected to the caudate nucleus and is also part of the basal ganglia.

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

Complete basal ganglia strokes with infarcts simultaneously affecting the caudate and lentiform nuclei are common and were observed in one‐quarter of the patients undergoing thrombectomy.

The basal ganglia takes initial motor commands generated in the brain and either amplify or halt specific parts of those commands as they pass from the central nervous system to the spinal cord.