The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

The neuropeptide methionine-enkephalin (ME) is involved in respiratory control particularly in the newborn. Its basal concentration and alterations with acute hypoxia are both region and age specific ...

As a neuroscience undergraduate, I was fortunate enough to spend time in the university’s dissection room. This was when I laid eyes on a human brain for the first time – and I was fascinated. The ...