The brain's motor cortex plans, controls and executes voluntary muscle movements. Whether you're playing catch, writing your ...

If you could control a human with a fly's brain, stimulating their motor nerves to make them walk frantically would probably make them scream in agony. In reality, since their joints are already ...

BrainGate study finds motor cortex observational activity scales with how human-like an action looks, revealing distributed ...

For decades, the prevailing model held that a single kind of progenitor, or precursor, cell gave rise to the entire brain.

A study published in Experimental Neurology provides new insights into the biological alterations underlying difficulties with precise fine movements observed in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea ...

Scientists map the mouse motor cortex into 16 distinct subregions, revealing a precision blueprint to investigate motor control, ALS, and FTD.

A Stanford-led study challenges the idea that the brain develops from one common pool of early cells - and could help researchers model diseases such as ALS.

That’s exactly why right-handed Victoria Brownlee uses her left hand for daily tasks. While it might seem odd that she’s ...

Psilocybin could be an unexpected avenue for treating an injury that currently has few options beyond rest and symptom ...

Google and Janelia mapped a fruit fly's 166,000 neurons. Developers used the data to trade crypto, play chess, and control ...

A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear ...

The human brain begins developing along two distinct paths, a discovery that could help scientists grow hard-to-make neurons in the lab.