The experience made Chen curious to learn more about the thalamus. Located deep in the brain, the thalamus is the brain's ...

Summary: Touch is a vital sense, yet the brain processes active and passive touch using distinct pathways. In mice, ...

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

Though the sense of touch underlies how we and most other animals interact with the world around us, much remains unknown about how this sense is processed in the brain.

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and updating brain connections.

Thalamic regions drive conscious perception by syncing with the prefrontal cortex, acting as a gateway to awareness. Using direct intracranial brain recordings in humans, a new study has identified ...

Though the sense of touch underlies how we and most other animals interact with the world around us, much remains unknown ...

A new method enables anti-inflammatory drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier, offering hope for treating brain-related ...

Researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease ...