According to the traditional view, the basal ganglia control movement by continuously inhibiting motor centers in the brain, only briefly "releasing the brake" when a movement is allowed.

“To better understand the anatomy of the brain, it can be subdivided into three parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brainstem, with the basal ganglia and diencephalon as connecting stations ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex ...

Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial participant can control a computer mouse with their brain, nearly one month after having the company’s chip implanted in their brain.

A total of 300 patients were enrolled, of whom 30.7% had anterior basal ganglia hemorrhages and 69.3% had lobar hemorrhages. After 175 patients had been enrolled, an adaptation rule was triggered ...

A key player in this orchestration is a deep-seated brain region known as the basal ganglia. For a long time, the output signal of the basal ganglia was thought to function mainly as a brake ...