In his home office in Durham, Duke neuroscientist Richard Mooney shows a series of images of a bird's brain on song. In one, ...

Zebra finches learn their courtship songs early in life by first listening to their fathers and memorizing the melodies.

A study by Duke University neuroscientists uncovers the role of dopamine in guiding song learning in juvenile zebra finches.

The biological roots of Tourette disorder occur in the basal ganglia, structures deep in the brain involved in the control of ...

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The basal ganglia are a set of subcortical structures that interact with the cerebral cortex to regulate motor, cognitive and affective function through reinforcement learning and action selection.

Further, patients with movement disorders that affect the basal ganglia, like Parkinson's or Huntington's, don't have trouble deciding what they want to do, but they have trouble moving their ...

as well as deep structures (the basal ganglia). These brain regions are heavily involved in the control of movement, so corticobasal syndrome causes problems with mobility. In contrast to other types ...

Frank said that an increased understanding of what takes place within the basal ganglia and thalamus for people diagnosed with dopamine-related disorders may spur clinicians to adopt different ...

The finding could lead to earlier diagnoses and better treatments for human neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease ... brain to humans', particularly the area known as the basal ...

Frank said that an increased understanding of what takes place within the basal ganglia and thalamus for people diagnosed with dopamine-related disorders may spur clinicians to adopt different ...