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 ...

A study by Duke University neuroscientists uncovers the role of dopamine in guiding song learning in juvenile zebra finches.

Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala ... The left hemisphere controls the movement of the opposite (right) side of the body.

We wake up, brush our teeth, sip coffee, and check our phones, all without a second thought. These routines feel automatic and woven into our ...

It's thought to be due to some disorder of the basal ganglia which is in our brain and the basal ganglia controls movement. And so, this is almost like some sort of a movement disorder.

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

recruited 16 nonmedicated volunteers with primary insomnia and 16 controls. Global brain GABA levels were calculated as an average of levels from 1 H-MRS measurements of the basal ganglia ...

A 2022 study found that individuals with trichotillomania and skin-picking disorder showed reduced activation in the right basal ganglia during ... learning and motor control (Dougherty et al., ...

Previous studies have found volume reductions in the basal ganglia portions of these circuits ... and 35 age-matched and sex-matched controls. All participants underwent high-resolution T1 ...