New institute will foster interdisciplinary research across neuroscience, engineering, behavioral health and clinical ...

September 28, 2007 — A new case study suggests that the ventrolateral nucleus (VL) of the thalamus, thought be involved in motor function, may also play a role in sensory processing. Researchers led ...

Sensory information enters the brain at the primary sensory cortex, where they are processed by different layers of cells in ways that ultimately influence an animal's perception and behavioral ...

A few days ago, a client asked me a question I've heard at least once a week for the past year. Her three-year-old daughter, who is currently in occupational therapy for issues around sensory ...

Stroke survivors have improved recovery of hand and arm function with the help a new rehabilitation protocol thanks to finely tuned electrostimulation of target muscles in the arm. It happens that, ...

The cranial nerves are a set of twelve pairs of nerves that travel to and from the brain. Each has a different function. For example, the olfactory nerve is essential for detecting smells. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Sensory organs are composed of neurons, which convert environmental stimuli to electrical signals, and glia-like cells, whose functions are ...

The Mouse Behavioral Phenotyping Core (MBPC) performs behavioral testing on murine disease models to assay motor, learning, emotional and social phenotypes that may be present. We offer a wide variety ...