New study finds that traumatic stress is associated with a smaller cerebellum
Adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have smaller cerebellums, according to new research from a Duke-led brain imaging study.
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Nervous System: News and Research on Cerebellar Cortex
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Stem cell scientists develop game-changing organoid model to study human cerebellar development and disease
In a first for USC Stem Cell scientists, the laboratory of Giorgia Quadrato has pioneered a novel human brain organoid model that generates all the major cell types of the cerebellum, a hindbrain region predominantly made ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Comparing human and mouse Purkinje cells to better understand human brain complexity
A multi-institutional team of brain researchers has discovered some of the ways that the human brain has evolved to allow for better cognitive processing by comparing certain nerve cells from the brains of mice and humans. ...
Neuron–glial interactions in the cerebellum involved in aggressive behavior, study shows
Aggression is often associated as a negative emotion. Uncontrolled aggression can lead to conflict, violence and negative consequences for individuals and society. Yet that does not mean that aggression serves no purpose. ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Scientists unveil genetic programs controlling the development of cellular diversity in the cerebellum
The evolution of higher cognitive functions in human beings has so far mostly been linked to the expansion of the neocortex—a region of the brain that is responsible, inter alia, for conscious thought, movement and sensory ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Study finds cerebellar nuclei may be more important for associative learning than initially thought
Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the "little brain." However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, ...
Nov 20, 2023
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New research shows how brain inflammation in children may cause neurological disorders such as autism or schizophrenia
Severe inflammation in early childhood is a clinically known risk factor for developing autism and schizophrenia. Now, for the first time, scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have discovered ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Complex brain cell connections in the cerebellum more common than believed
In 1906, Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering studies of the microscopic structures of the brain. His famous drawings of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum show a forest of neuron ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Study shows distinct types of cerebellar neurons control motor and social behaviors
The cerebellum, a major part of the hindbrain in all vertebrates, is important for motor coordination, language acquisition, and regulating social and emotional behaviors. A study led by Dr. Roy Sillitoe, professor of Pathology ...
May 15, 2023
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A new tool for studying processes in the cerebellum
Processes in the cerebellum are involved in various diseases that affect motor learning. These can be better investigated using a new tool developed by a Bochum research group: a light-activatable protein that is coupled ...
Feb 1, 2023
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