A new study suggests that a little-known region deep in the brain could be crucial for preserving physical strength as we age ...

O ld age can land a hard blow. But physical strength and resilience can help you punch back. Without it, older adults become ...

New research has highlighted the importance of the "caudate".

The findings suggest that the tool can be used to not only assess cognitive impairment in Huntington disease (HD) but also to detect brain atrophy patterns associated with cognitive status in these ...

New brain imaging research shows grip strength is linked to activity deep in the aging brain, offering clues to early ...

Associative learning allows an individual to acquire an association between a sensory cue and an outcome resulting from a specific response. Associative learning plays a vital role in the ability to ...

Neuroscientists have shown that stimulating the caudate nucleus can generate negative moods that lead to irrational decision-making. Stimulating the caudate nucleus causes animals to give far more ...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a research technique that measures blood flow or activation in different areas of the brain. The caudate nucleus is located near the center of the brain ...

Primates have the remarkable ability to rapidly adjust or modify associations between visual cues and specific motor responses. Whereas little is known as to how such adjustments in behavioral policy ...

Figure 1. Research flowchart. This study screened a total of 995 patients, and ultimately determined that 397 patients met the inclusion criteria. According to whether the caudate lobe of the liver ...

There’s a provocative and fascinating opinion article in the New York Times by neuroeconomics professor Gregory Burns where he describes his latest work studying dogs. After training and scanning the ...