1. Subcortical Hubs of Brain Networks Sustaining Human Consciousness
   2025/10/01 by Morgan K. Cambareri, Andreas Horn, Laura D. Lewis +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
   Medicine · Neuroscience · #Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications #Brainstem #Connectome #Deep brain stimulation #Default mode network #Functional Brain Connectivity Studies #Midbrain #Neuromodulation #Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus #Task-positive network #Thalamus #Traumatic Brain Injury Research #Ventral tegmental area
2. A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour
   2025/09/03 by Leenoy Meshulam, Dora E. Angelaki, Julius Benson +97 · 4 voices · 45 citations
   Neuroscience · Psychology · #Central nervous system #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Forebrain #Hindbrain #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Midbrain #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neuroscience #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Psychology #Sensory system #Stimulus (psychology)
3. Neuronal activity underlying vocal production in bats
   2025/07/21 by Susanne S. Babl, Ava Kiai, Francisco García‐Rosales +1 · 1 voice · 4 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Adaptation (eye) #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biological neural network #Biology #Brainstem #Central nervous system #Communication #Human echolocation #Marine animal studies overview #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Psychology #Sound production #Vocal communication
4. Neurotransmitter identity and electrophysiological phenotype are genetically coupled in midbrain dopaminergic neurons
   2018/09/05 by Mónica Tapia, Pierre Baudot, Christine Formisano‐Tréziny +7 · 1 citation
   Neuroscience · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Neural dynamics and brain function #Gene Regulatory Network Analysis #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Phenotype #Midbrain #Biology #Neuroscience #Dopaminergic #Neurotransmitter receptor #Neurotransmitter #Population #Gene #Electrophysiology #Neurotransmitter Agents #Genetics #Dopamine #Central nervous system #Receptor #Medicine
5. An Integrative Perspective on the Role of Dopamine in Schizophrenia
   2016/06/02 by Tiago V. Maia, Michael J. Frank · 31 citations
   Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anticipation (artificial intelligence) #Central nervous system #Cognitive psychology #Dopamine #Functional Brain Connectivity Studies #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Psychiatry #Psychology #Reward system #Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming) #Schizophrenia research and treatment #Striatum #Ventral striatum
6. Sorting out release, uptake and processing of alpha‐synuclein during prion‐like spread of pathology
   2015/11/30 by Trevor Tyson, Jennifer A. Steiner, Patrik Brundin · 29 citations
   Medicine · Neuroscience · #Alpha-synuclein #Alzheimer's disease research and treatments #Biology #Cell biology #Central nervous system #Disease #Dopamine #Immunology #Inflammation #Medicine #Microglia #Midbrain #Neurological diseases and metabolism #Neuroscience #Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments #Parkinson's disease #Pathology #Prion protein #Protein aggregation #Substantia nigra
7. LPXRFa peptide system in the European sea bass: A molecular and immunohistochemical approach
   2015/06/23 by José A. Paullada‐Salmerón, Mairi Cowan, María Aliaga‐Guerrero +7 · 12 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Anatomy #Biology #Central nervous system #Cerebrum #Diencephalon #Endocrinology #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Habenula #Hormone #Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones #Hypothalamus #Internal medicine #Midbrain #Olfactory bulb #Preoptic area #Pretectal area #Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species #Tectum #Tegmentum #Terminal nerve
8. Investigating intracerebral haemorrhage
   2015/05/20 by Duncan Wilson, Matthew Adams, Fergus Robertson +2 · 1 citation
   Medicine · #Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research #Acute Ischemic Stroke Management #Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis #Medicine #Intracerebral hemorrhage #Magnetic resonance imaging #Radiology #Neurological examination #Midbrain #Computed tomography #Hyperintensity #Surgery #Glasgow Coma Scale #Central nervous system #Internal medicine
9. Effect of Brain Structure, Brain Function, and Brain Connectivity on Relapse in Alcohol-Dependent Patients
   2012/08/01 by Anne Beck, Torsten Wüstenberg, Alexander Genauck +5 · 27 citations
   Chemistry · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Alcohol #Alcohol dependence #Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency #Amygdala #Anterior cingulate cortex #Atrophy #Central nervous system #Chemistry #Cognition #Dopamine #Dopaminergic #Functional Brain Connectivity Studies #Functional magnetic resonance imaging #Internal medicine #Magnetic resonance imaging #Medicine #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Orbitofrontal cortex #Prefrontal cortex #Psychology #Statistical parametric mapping #Striatum #Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes #Ventral striatum #Ventral tegmental area
10. Reassessment of the structural basis of the ascending arousal system
    2010/11/30 by Patrick M. Fuller, David Sherman, Nigel P. Pedersen +2 · 1 citation
    Neuroscience · #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Basal forebrain #Neuroscience #Parabrachial Nucleus #Biology #Midbrain #Forebrain #Thalamus #Brainstem #Reticular formation #Reticular activating system #Wakefulness #Cholinergic neuron #Anatomy #Electroencephalography #Cholinergic #Nucleus #Central nervous system
11. The optic tectum of birds: Mapping our way to understanding visual processing.
    2009/12/01 by Douglas R. Wylie, Cristián Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Janelle M.P. Pakan +1 · 1 citation
    Neuroscience · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Retinal Development and Disorders #Neural dynamics and brain function #Retinotopy #Superior colliculus #Neuroscience #Tectum #Optic tectum #Superior Colliculi #Visual system #Visual cortex #Visual processing #Biology #Extrastriate cortex #Retina #Midbrain #Central nervous system #Perception
12. Vesicular glutamate transporter 3‐expressing nonserotonergic projection neurons constitute a subregion in the rat midbrain raphe nuclei
    2009/10/14 by Hiroyuki Hioki, Hisashi Nakamura, Yun‐Fei Ma +8 · 29 citations
    Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Biochemistry #Biology #Central nervous system #Dopamine #Dopaminergic #Dorsal raphe nucleus #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Raphe #Raphe nuclei #Receptor #Regulation of Appetite and Obesity #Serotonergic #Serotonin #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Substantia nigra #TPH2 #Tegmentum #Tryptophan hydroxylase
13. Reproductive and diurnal rhythms regulate vocal motor plasticity in a teleost fish
    2009/10/03 by Tine K. Rubow, Andrew H. Bass · 12 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Environmental Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Agonistic behaviour #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Central nervous system #Circadian clock #Circadian rhythm #Developmental psychology #Duration (music) #Entrainment (biomusicology) #Internal medicine #Marine animal studies overview #Medicine #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Psychology #Rhythm #Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems #Zeitgeber
14. Expression of calcium-binding proteins in cerebellar- and inferior olivary-projecting neurons in the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali of pigeons
    2009/05/01 by Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Janelle M.P. Pakan, Cristián Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez +1 · 1 citation
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Chemistry · #Retinal Development and Disorders #Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research #Vestibular and auditory disorders #Pretectal area #Calretinin #Cerebellum #Parvalbumin #Nucleus #Calcium-binding protein #Biology #Neuroscience #Inferior olivary nucleus #Efferent #Anatomy #Cell biology #Chemistry #Central nervous system #Calcium #Immunohistochemistry #Midbrain #Afferent
15. Atypical empathic responses in adolescents with aggressive conduct disorder: A functional MRI investigation
    2008/10/01 by Jean Decety, Kalina J. Michalska, Yuko Akitsuki +1 · 3 citations
    Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Amygdala #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Audiology #Central nervous system #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Cognition #Functional magnetic resonance imaging #Insula #Magnetic resonance imaging #Medicine #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Orbitofrontal cortex #Periaqueductal gray #Precentral gyrus #Prefrontal cortex #Psychology #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Supplementary motor area #Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex
16. Comparative Analysis of Vasotocin-Like Immunoreactivity in the Brain of the Turtle Pseudemys scripta elegan s and the Snake Python regius (Part 1 of 2)
    2008/02/01 by Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets, Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets, Janine J. Sevensma +1 · 9 citations
    Environmental Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anatomy #Arcuate nucleus #Biology #Central nervous system #Dopamine #Dopaminergic #Endocrinology #Interpeduncular nucleus #Midbrain #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Neuropeptide #Neuroscience #Nucleus #Nucleus accumbens #Olfactory tubercle #Periventricular nucleus #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Septal nuclei #Stria terminalis #Vasotocin #Ventral tegmental area
17. Brain Regions and Encephalization in Anurans: Adaptation or Stability?
    2008/01/15 by Graeme Taylor, Graeme M. Taylor, Erica Nol +1 · 9 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Adaptation (eye) #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Arboreal locomotion #Biology #Central nervous system #Cerebrum #Ecology #Fossorial #Habitat #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Olfactory bulb #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Tectum #Zoology
18. Sex differences in projections from preoptic area aromatase cells to the periaqueductal gray in Japanese quail
    2006/12/19 by Claudio Carere, Gregory F. Ball, Jacques Balthazart · 23 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Aromatase #Biology #Central nervous system #Coturnix #Coturnix japonica #Endocrinology #Internal medicine #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Nucleus #Periaqueductal gray #Preoptic area #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Quail #Testosterone (patch)
19. Neural specialization for hovering in hummingbirds: Hypertrophy of the pretectal nucleus lentiformis mesencephali
    2006/11/16 by Andrew N. Iwaniuk, Douglas R. Wylie · 9 citations
    Neuroscience · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Biology #Optokinetic reflex #Pretectal area #Nucleus #Anatomy #Optic tectum #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Eye movement #Central nervous system
20. Dynamic temporal and cell type-specific expression of Wnt signaling components in the developing midbrain
    2006/03/01 by Nina Rawal, Gonçalo Castelo‐Branco, Gonçalo Castelo-Branco +5 · 14 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · #Biology #Cell #Cell biology #Cell type #Cellular differentiation #Central nervous system #Embryonic stem cell #Frizzled #Gene #Genetics #Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders #Midbrain #Neural stem cell #Neuroscience #Nuclear Receptors and Signaling #Progenitor cell #Receptor #Signal transduction #Stem cell #Wnt signaling pathway #Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer #Xenopus
21. Distribution, depletion and recovery of docosahexaenoic acid are region-specific in rat brain
    2005/09/29 by Ying Xiao, Yu Huang, Yü Huang +2 · 26 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Medicine · Neuroscience · Nursing · #Biochemistry #Biology #Central nervous system #Cerebellum #Chemistry #Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism #Cortex (anatomy) #Docosahexaenoic acid #Dopamine #Endocrinology #Fatty Acid Research and Health #Fatty acid #Hippocampus #Hypothalamus #Internal medicine #Medicine #Medulla #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors #Polyunsaturated fatty acid #Striatum
22. Control of Locomotor Cycle Durations
    2005/03/31 by S.A. Yakovenko, David A. McCrea, Katinka Stecina +1 · 1 citation
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Neuroscience · #Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications #Muscle activation and electromyography studies #Neuroscience of respiration and sleep #Central pattern generator #Duration (music) #Neuroscience #Sensory system #Rhythm #Midbrain #Physics #Biology #Central nervous system
23. Modeling Parkinson's Disease in Rats: An Evaluation of 6-OHDA Lesions of the Nigrostriatal Pathway
    2002/06/01 by Ronald Deumens, Arjan Blokland, Jos Prickaerts · 27 citations
    Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Central nervous system #Degeneration (medical) #Disease #Dopamine #Dopaminergic #Lesion #Medial forebrain bundle #Medicine #Midbrain #Nerve injury and regeneration #Neurological disorders and treatments #Neuroscience #Nigrostriatal pathway #Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments #Parkinson's disease #Pars compacta #Pathology #Psychology #Putamen #Striatum #Substantia nigra
24. Immunohistochemical localization of prostaglandin EP3 receptor in the rat nervous system
    2000/06/12 by Kazuhiro Nakamura, Takeshi Kaneko, Yoko Yamashita +4 · 27 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Biology #Central nervous system #Diencephalon #Dorsal motor nucleus #Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects #Lateral parabrachial nucleus #Locus coeruleus #Midbrain #Nervous system #Neuroscience #Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects #Nucleus #Nucleus raphe magnus #Parabrachial Nucleus #Periaqueductal gray #Raphe nuclei #Receptor #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Serotonergic #Serotonin #Solitary tract #Spinal cord #Superior colliculus #Vagus nerve
25. Predictive Reward Signal of Dopamine Neurons
    1998/07/01 by Wolfram Schultz · 120 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Computer science #Dopamine #Midbrain #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neuroscience #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Psychology #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Reinforcement #Reinforcement learning #Reward system #Stimulation
26. Comparative distribution of estrogen receptor-? and -? mRNA in the rat central nervous system
    1997/12/01 by Paul J. Shughrue, Malcolm V. Lane, Istvan Merchenthaler +1 · 58 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Biology #Central nervous system #Endocrinology #Estrogen and related hormone effects #Estrogen receptor #Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones #Hypothalamus #Internal medicine #Interpeduncular nucleus #Medicine #Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Spinal cord #Stria terminalis #Zona incerta
27. Distinct cell groups in the lumbosacral cord of the cat project to different areas in the periaqueductal gray
    1996/12/16 by Veronique G.J.M. Vanderhorst, Veronique VanderHorst, Leonora J. Mouton +3 · 13 citations
    Medicine · Neuroscience · Veterinary · #Anatomy #Anterograde tracing #Biology #Central nervous system #Dorsum #Horseradish peroxidase #Lumbosacral joint #Midbrain #Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation #Neuroscience #Periaqueductal gray #Retrograde tracing #Spinal cord #Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology #Tegmentum #Veterinary Equine Medical Research
28. Arousal--Revisiting the Reticular Activating System
    1996/04/12 by Mircea Steriade · 2 citations
    Neuroscience · Psychology · #Neural dynamics and brain function #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Arousal #Reticular activating system #Neuroscience #Alertness #Reticular formation #Psychology #Midbrain #Perspective (graphical) #Cortex (anatomy) #Reticular connective tissue #Midbrain reticular formation #Cognitive science #Cognitive psychology #Biology #Central nervous system #Anatomy #Computer science #Psychiatry #Artificial intelligence
29. Activation by Attention of the Human Reticular Formation and Thalamic Intralaminar Nuclei
    1996/01/26 by Shigeo Kinomura, Jonas Larsson, Balázs Gulyás +1 · 1 citation
    Neuroscience · Psychology · #Neural dynamics and brain function #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Reticular activating system #Vigilance (psychology) #Arousal #Reticular connective tissue #Midbrain #Reticular formation #Neuroscience #Midbrain reticular formation #Brainstem #Stimulation #Thalamus #Psychology #Tegmentum #Biology #Anatomy #Central nervous system
30. Direct projections from the periaqueductal gray to the pontine micturition center (M-region). An anterograde and retrograde tracing study in the cat
    1994/01/01 by Bertil Blok, Bertil F.M. Blok, Gert Holstege · 2 citations
    Medicine · Neuroscience · Veterinary · #Anatomy #Anterograde tracing #Biology #Brainstem #Central nervous system #Horseradish peroxidase #Medicine #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects #Periaqueductal gray #Pons #Reflex #Retrograde tracing #Spinal cord #Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research #Urinary system #Urination #Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia

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