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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Although the liver remains the primary organ for alcohol metabolism, the brain’s cerebellum plays a bigger role in this process than once believed, according to a study in mice published on March 22 ...

Researchers found that prenatal infections followed by early social stress can lead to anxiety-like behaviors and brain ...

In the most severe form of the condition, type 3 Chiari malformation, part of the lower back part of the brain ( cerebellum ) ...