Newfound brain network ‘SCAN’ implicated in Parkinson’s disease

A study reveals the SCAN brain network's potential to enhance Parkinson’s treatment through targeted non-invasive therapies.
The New York Times

North Carolina Primary Election Results

Roy Cooper, a moderate Democrat who served as the state’s governor from 2017 to 2025, is the clear favorite in this primary. U.S. Senate, Democratic Primary race called Michael Whatley, a former ...
Business Wire

Snowflake Unveils Cortex Code, An AI Coding Agent That Drastically Increases Productivity by Understanding Your Enterprise Data Context

Cortex Code, Snowflake’s AI coding agent, helps customers like Braze, Decile, dentsu, FYUL, LendingTree, Shelter Mutual Insurance, TextNow, United Rentals, and WHOOP perform complex data engineering, ...
ahajournals.org

Mean Motor Disconnectivity Predicts Hand Function Impairment After Stroke: Beyond Motor Cortex Output

Persistent compromised hand function is one of the most common long-term deficits after stroke. It is related to dysfunction of the primary motor cortex (M1) and corticospinal tract (CST) as assessed ...
IEEE

Acoustic Motor Cortex Stimulation Enhances the Descending Analgesic Pathway to Alleviate Chronic Pain in Mice

Abstract: Chronic pain poses considerable health risks, necessitating the development of effective treatments. Physical modulation of the motor cortex has demonstrated promise for pain relief; however ...
EurekAlert!

Prefrontal cortex reaches back into the brain to shape how other regions function

An image from the research shows axons from neurons in the ACA (red) and ORB (green) innervating the visual cortex, targeting discrete layers. Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT ...
InfoWorld

Google BigQuery gets managed AI functions to simplify unstructured data analysis

The new managed functions will let enterprises apply LLM reasoning to structured and unstructured data directly in SQL, eliminating prompt tuning and external tools. Google has boosted its BigQuery ...
The Scientist

Why Do Motor Neurons Die First in ALS? Turns Out, Size Matters

Motor neurons are some of the largest cells in the human body. In particular, upper neurons—extending from the cerebral cortex to the brain stem or spinal cord—average 60μm in diameter. 3,4 These ...
The Lancet

Promoting motor recovery after stroke using cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation

aCentre for Brain Science, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK bEssex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing, ...
Frontiers

Volitional and forced running ability in mice lacking intact primary motor cortex

Even seemingly simple behaviors like reaching, grasping or walking require a high degree of coordination between various brain regions. Although the rhythms of walking are thought to be produced by a ...
Medical Xpress

Gene therapy may slow loss of motor function in ALS

Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), offering new hope for treating the devastating ...