Central nervous system (CNS) development researches are extremely important to the most common congenital disorders and organogenesis comprehension. However, few studies show the entire developmental ...

More than half of 95 centenarians had a low amyloid load and 9% had no amyloid, autopsy data showed. A third of centenarians had a high amyloid load comparable to Alzheimer's disease. Five ...

Thirty-five years ago, millions of people around the world suddenly became “healthy”. It was on that day—May 17, 1990—that the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from a list of ...

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A 2022 study of more than 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans found drinking four units of alcohol a day – two beers, or two glasses of wine – can cause structural damage and brain volume loss ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Astrocytes regulate brain‐wide functions and ...

Abstract: The thalamus is the largest oval gray matter mass in the diencephalon and serves as a relay station for various sensory nerves. Previous studies have shown that the thalamus is closely ...

Morphine is an opiate found in opium, the juice secreted by the seedpods of poppies. It is a potent pain reliever and is similar in structure to other opiate analgesics. As morphine binds to opioid ...

The midbrain functions as a relay system, transmitting information necessary for vision and hearing. It also plays an important role in motor movement, pain, and the sleep/wake cycle. The midbrain, ...

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

NMOSD accounts for 1 to 2% of all cases of CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease in the United States and Europe, with multiple sclerosis being much more common, but NMOSD accounts for one third or ...

Limbic system. Cross section of a human brain. Limbic system. Cross section of a human brain. Mammillary body, basal ganglia, pituitary gland, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, cingulate gyrus, corpus ...