Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major mental disorder, affecting 1% of the global population. Patients suffering from BD ...

Recent analysis of human brain tissue suggests that a small and often overlooked region deep within the brain may play a central role in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that neurons in the ...

The thalamus contains at least two distinct cell types, said Huang, core cells and matrix cells. "We now have compelling evidence that the widespread connections of thalamic matrix cells with higher ...

The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU neuroscientist Laura Busse reveals. What we see is not simply just a neural representation of the pattern of ...

Utilizing large-scale transsynaptic tracing, Cai et al. reconstructed 3D space of 50,168 cerebellar nuclei (CN)-projecting neurons in the thalamus, midbrain, and brainstem. They reveal significant ...