Motor Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich August 1, 2020August 3, 2020 Brain Injury, Consciousness, fMRI, Interview, Location, Motor, Spatial, Study, vegetative

Frames of Consciousness: An Interview with Martin Monti and Adrian Owen

Each night when you dream, your mind is active, yet your body is largely unresponsive unless woken up. A similar situation exists for some brain-injured patients who have lost consciousness—although… Read More

Did You Know?Movement Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Kayleen Schreiber October 30, 2017October 29, 2017 Brain, Cortex, Dopamine, Infographic, Knowing Neurons, Motor, Movement, Parkinson's Disease, Research, Science

Bite-size science: Cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

In Parkinson’s Disease, specific cells in the brain die. Over time, this makes basic movements like walking and reaching for a cup impossible. Researchers are racing to find effective treatments.… Read More

Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

Joel Frohlich January 4, 2017June 30, 2017 Brain, Broca, Cortex, DBS, Deep Brain Stimulation, depression, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, ECT, EEG, electroconvulsive therapy, Motor, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Prefrontal, Prefrontal Cortex, rDCS, Seizure, TMS, transcranial direct current stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Stimulating Neural Circuits with Magnetism

Brain stimulation might sound like some Frankensteinian demonstration from a Victorian science fair. But in reality, it is a contemporary technique making a huge impact in neuroscience by addressing a… Read More

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons September 28, 2015 52 Brain Facts, Brain, Cerebellum, Motor, Movement, Walk

Myth or Fact? The brain region with the most neurons is responsible for motor coordination.

Movement Neuro News Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

knowingneurons November 12, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Corollary discharge, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Glycine, Interneuron, Laura Kngloer, Motor, Movements, Neuron, Reflex, Sensory, SfN14, Zebrafish

What Zebrafish Teach Us About Touch

Unlike the sense of vision, which is perceived only by light-sensitive photoreceptors in our eyes, the mechanoreceptors that respond to light touch are located in sensory neurons all over the… Read More

Brain Basics Did You Know?Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber August 13, 2014March 5, 2017 Aphasia, Arcuate fasciculus, Broca, Conduction aphasia, Frontal lobe, language, Left hemisphere, Motor, Sensory, Temporal Lobe, Wernicke

A Tale of Two Aphasias

It’s 1861, and the French neurologist Paul Broca is examining a new patient. Dr. Broca is puzzled because all the patient can say is “tan.” When Dr. Broca asks him… Read More

Learning and Memory Movement

knowingneurons November 30, 2012March 5, 2017 Learning, Memory, Mirror Neurons, Motor, Overlearning, Practice, Skills

Bend it like Beckham: The Neuroscience Way

Life is a continuum of learning motor skills to achieve goals. At a young age, children learn how sit up, walk, jump, and then cut with scissors. Later, they may… Read More