They discover a new region of the brain that could be linked to movements

A region of the brain, called the endo-terminal nucleus, was discovered near the cerebrospinal junction after nearly 30 years of suspicion for the first time, academic sources reported on Monday.

The region is intriguing because it appears to be absent from the Rhes macaque and the other animals we have studied, "said its discoverer, George Paxinos, a cerebral cartographer and expert at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)

] "There must be some things that are unique in the human brain beyond their large size and the endo-terminal nucleus may be one of them," said Greek-Australian expert of Neuroscientific Research Australia and author of the World Reference Atlas of the Brain.

The endorestiform nucleus is located in the inferior cerebellar peduncle, an area that incorporates sensory information and motor to refine our posture, our balance and our ovimientos fine motors, which include small movements in the hands, the feet, the fingers, the lips or the language.

"I can only guess its functions, but being given the part d In the brain in which he finds himself, he might be involved in controlling fine motor movements, "said the scientist.