Researchers studying fruit flies discovered that nerve cells sensing limb motion are turned off when the insect moves, ...

"People know that growth hormone release is tightly related to sleep, but only through drawing blood and checking growth ...

A new review shows how stress rewires brain circuits, shaping anxiety and depression symptoms, opening precision treatment ...

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. Although previous ...

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

Knight Initiative researchers are investigating the detailed processes behind how the brain learns to control movement. Their ...

A comprehensive new review published in the journal Science China Life Sciences synthesizes decades of research to explain ...

This study deciphers the characteristics of human spinal cord neural stem cells (hscNSCs) specific to cervical, thoracic, and ...

In a new discovery, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Lab-grown brain cells improved stroke recovery in mice by repairing circuits and reducing damage. Human trials could follow within 5–7 years.