Older adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face a higher risk of developing age-related dementias like ...

What if the key to better grades, less stress, and healthier habits was already in your head? From all-nighters and ...

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that people with Tourette syndrome have about half as many of a specific type of brain cell ...

Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala, and the hippocampus. Toward the bottom of the brain are more primitive structures, including the ...

The biological roots of Tourette disorder occur in the basal ganglia, structures deep in the brain involved in the control of ...

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 of basal ganglia functioning which ...

A study identified a 50% reduction in calming brain cells in people with Tourette syndrome, which may explain their ...

The orange and brown regions you see in this view (above) of the brain cut in half lengthwise are comparable to the basal ganglia in humans, which, along with the cortex, control the learning and ...

and our prior studies have found a decrease in interneurons in the basal ganglia region, we lacked a comprehensive understanding of exactly how different cell types in these brain regions are ...

The pair come out of FIU’s Brain, Behavior and the Environment Lab, led by Tomás R. Guilarte, which focuses on uncovering the ...