basal ganglia

Published research on basal ganglia.

DrugsJul 1, 2026

Restless Legs: Striatal Dopamine-Opioid Hypersensitivity

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) and opioid-withdrawal restlessness both produce night-worsening urges to move. A 2026 npj Parkinson’s Disease mouse study tied that overlap to hypersensitive str…

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BrainJun 11, 2026

GABA and Dopamine Shape Human Speech Control in PET-fMRI Study

A 2026 PET-fMRI study of 20 healthy adults found that GABAA receptor binding tracked speech-production brain activity across frontal, temporal, parietal, putaminal, supplementary motor, and …

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BrainJun 7, 2026

Multiple Sclerosis Iron MRI Linked to Cognitive Impairment in 12 Studies

A 2026 systematic review of advanced neuroimaging in multiple sclerosis narrowed 600 database records to 12 studies and found the clearest cognition signal in basal ganglia iron-sensitive MR…

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BrainMay 6, 2026

Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation (tTIS) May Improve Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms

Deep brain stimulation works for Parkinson’s, but it requires implanted electrodes. A 2026 randomized crossover trial by Stalter and colleagues tested whether transcranial temporal interfere…

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