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UrduEvolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer an enduring question in biology: How did the brains of birds evolve to enable them to fly?
Tag: Cerebellum
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 and Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine and investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, shows two distinct types of cerebellar neurons differentially regulate motor and non-motor behaviors during development and in adulthood.
A New Field of Neuroscience Aims to Map Connections in the Brain
Scientists working in connectomics are creating comprehensive maps of how neurons connect to one another
Study Reveals Additional Representation through Brain’s Somatomotor System
Article title: A third somatomotor representation in the human cerebellum Authors: Noam Saadon-Grosman, Peter A. Angeli, Lauren M. DiNicola, Randy L. Buckner From the authors: “We provide reliable evidence that the human cerebellum possesses three spatially distinct representations of the…