Diverse intellectual functions including memory are some important aspects of cognition.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter of the catecholamine family, which contributes to the …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease (NDD) caused by
dopaminergic neuron degeneration in the substantia nigra (SN). Orexin is a neuropeptide …

Identification of structural connections between neurons is a prerequisite to understanding
brain function. Here we developed a pipeline to systematically map brain-wide …

Schizophrenia, a severe mental illness affecting about 1% of the population, manifests
during young adulthood, leading to abnormal mental function and behavior. Its multifactorial …

Visual attention is the cognitive process that mediates the selection of important information
from the environment. This selection is usually controlled by bottom-up and top-down …

Brain function studies greatly depend on quantification and analysis of behavior. While
behavior can be imaged efficiently, the quantification of specific aspects of behavior is labor …

Background Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased risk for
cardiovascular disease. The underlying mechanisms are unclear but impaired autonomic …

Acute cardiovascular physical exercise improves cognitive performance, as evidenced by a
reduction in reaction time (RT). However, the mechanistic understanding of how this occurs …

Objective Parkinson's disease (PD) affects the structural integrity and neurophysiological
signaling of the cortex. These alterations are related to the motor and cognitive symptoms of …

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been recognized as a useful neuromodulation tool to
target the central nervous system by electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves. Activation of …