The motor cortex, the part of the brain involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements, may play a role in translating vocabulary from foreign languages into a person’s native ...

Precision Neuroscience Corporation (Precision), a leader in brain–computer interface (BCI) technology, and researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine (UChicago Medicine) have launched a ...

The motor cortex homunculus is getting a makeover. New research has essentially redrawn the motor cortex and constitutes one of the most substantial shifts in our topographical knowledge of a sensory ...

Scientists have traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord. A new brain map visualizes the connections between the brain and spinal cord at the ...

Does Alzheimer’s start in the muscles? Research reveals that motor neuron mutations disrupt the neuromuscular junction ...

A research team has revealed that a molecule in the brain -- ophthalmic acid -- unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic ...

Editor’s note: The Lab Report is a weekly series in The Badger Herald’s print edition where we take a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. The ...

The human body constantly adapts its posture in response to its external environment. Known as “whole-body dynamic balance,” this is necessary for everything ranging from daily activities to more ...

Findings showed treatment with tavapadon led to a statistically significant improvement in motor function compared with placebo. Topline results were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating ...

Melanie Frias Veras, who earned her master’s degree in applied cognitive science and human factors from Michigan Tech in 2025, wears a functional near-infrared spectroscopy cap for noninvasive brain ...

Two major breakthroughs — flexible, printed artificial neurons that communicate with living brain tissue and a reversible method to make living brains temporarily transparent — could transform ...