Neuroscientists explain perception, memory, cognition and even consciousness itself as products of billions of these tiny ...

A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. The drive to eat may be ...

In a new study published in Science, researchers at Harvard Medical School have mapped out the specific sensory neurons and brain pathways responsible for initiating these rapid oscillations that help ...

Researchers identified 16 distinct types of nerve cells involved in human touch and compared them with those in mice and ...

Central to this activity are synapses, the junctions where branches of neurons connect, similar to electrical wires. Here, an axon from one neuron links to a dendrite of another. At these synapses, ...

The findings reveal that BNC2 neurons, when activated by leptin and possibly other signals, not only suppress appetite but also alleviate the negative feelings associated with hunger. Remarkably, ...

With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...

By snugly wrapping around neurons, these devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even ...

The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...

Astrocytes, non-neuronal brain cells, have been shown to work alongside neurons to store and recall memories, reshaping our ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how astroglia—cells that support the functioning of the brain—can be reprogrammed ...