A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

The most basic assumption about how psychedelic medicine works is at least partially flawed: Psychedelics are altering not ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

Researchers found a powerful protein that helps strengthen the messaging system of the brain. The discovery could lead to new ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Artificial plastic neurons mimic brain-like activity, showing advanced signal processing and potential for breakthroughs in ...

Glucose, nutrients, and oxygen are crucial for normal brain function. Providing the brain with fuel via diet and exercise is ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place ...