Researchers Find Surprise Communication Between Brain Regions Involved in Infant Motor Control
Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 12:52
in Psychology & Sociology
A team of University of Iowa researches has discovered a new connection between two regions of the brain that may help explain how motor skills develop. Working with infant rats, the scientists found that the hippocampus and the red nucleus, part of the brain stem, synchronize during REM sleep. Findings published in the journal Current Biology.