While caring for these unfortunate individuals, Holmes observed that damage to a small structure at the base of the brain called the cerebellum, which means “little brain” in Latin, primarily led to ...

Serotonin, a brain chemical widely recognized for its influence on mood and anxiety, has been found to operate in a surprising way within the cerebellum, according to new research published in The ...

Humans are known to rapidly adapt their mental processes and behavior based on feedback they receive from the world around ...

The cerebellum is a fist-size structure tucked below the cerebral cortex—the part of the brain that we typically attribute to higher-order cognitive processes, including consciousness, language, and ...

A new study reveals how prenatal infections followed by early-life stress—known as "two-hit stress"—can lead to brain ...

Toward the bottom of the brain are more primitive structures, including the cerebellum and brain stem. These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs ...

Previously, this team demonstrated that acute inflammation in the cerebellum caused by a bacterial infection induces neural ...

Having one traumatic experience is bad enough. If you've constantly experienced stress since before birth, you may be in for ...