What is striatum

A region of the forebrain known as the striatum tends to be larger in psychopathic individuals, according to new neuroimaging findings published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.

As a result of this research, they now believe the size of a person’s striatum could be a psychopathic marker to help identify people with psychopathic tendencies. Neuroscientists from three ...

An analysis of 20,000 people's data from the UK Biobank reveals that diabetes accelerates the normal process of brain aging, with longer diabetes duration associated with higher neurodegeneration ...

Depression is a mental health condition that may lead to a feeling of apathy. Experts say that there is a link between apathy and depression, which can act as a trigger for chronic mental health ...

The central aim of our study was to elucidate functions mediated by the ventral and dorsal striatum, respectively, to better understand the cognitive effects of dopamine replacement in Parkinson's ...

Researchers have identified the intracellular signal cascade through which acetylcholine regulates aversive learning, a major preliminary test for Alzheimer's disease drugs.

COLUMN. The destruction of the environment is above all a matter of political choices, and has little to do with an influx of dopamine in our brains ...

Researchers identify how acetylcholine sets off a signal cascade in brain cells that directly influence aversive learning and memory formation.

Watercolour drawing of atrophy of the corpus striatum and optic thalamus on the right side. From a female aged 20 years. The right middle cerebral artery was obliterated and there was extensive ...

Although seemingly paradoxical, our results strongly suggest that discrepancies relate to the differential reliance of various aspects of cognition on the ventral and dorsal striatum. These ...