Basal ganglia

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Research image of human thalamus.

Among brain changes studied in autism, spotlight shifts to subcortex

The striatum and thalamus are more likely than the cerebral cortex to express autism variants or bear transcriptional changes, two unpublished studies find.

By Holly Barker
11 December 2025 | 5 min read

David Robbe challenges conventional notions of time and memory

Inspired by his own behavioral neuroscience research and the philosophy of Henri Bergson, Robbe makes the case that we don't have clocks in our brains but instead perceive time by way of our interactions with the world.

By Paul Middlebrooks
29 January 2025 | 98 min listen
Research image of circuits emerging from striosomes in the striatum.

Newly characterized striatal circuits add twist to ‘go/no-go’ model of movement control

The two novel pathways control dopamine release in opposing ways and may link motivation and mood to action, a new study shows.

By Claudia López Lloreda
24 January 2025 | 4 min read

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Researcher Russell Poldrack's face closeup, with a scanner seen out of focus behind him.

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Pyramidal neurons in the mouse hippocampus.

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By Jill Adams
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Frameshift: At a biotech firm, Ubadah Sabbagh embraces the expansive world outside academia

As chief of staff at Arcadia, Ubadah Sabbagh gets to do science while also pushing the boundaries of how science gets done.

By Katie Moisse
20 January 2026 | 7 min read

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