Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement-they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision.

"But if not the motor cortex, which part(s) of the brain is learning to generate the skills we train? Our attention turned to the basal ganglia." Their recent study, published in Nature ...

Researchers are investigating the mechanisms and identifying new areas of the brain that can benefit patients when stimulated ...

This study aims to elucidate the neural mechanisms that underlie voluntary motor control driven by networks linking the motor-related areas in the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia. To ...

The basal ganglia is a group of interconnected subcortical nuclei – found at the base of the forebrain, deeply embedded in the brain’s hemispheres – that are involved in motor control and ...