A new study shows that fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, does more than increase serotonin—it changes how brain cells ...

Researchers have illuminated the neural circuitry underlying fly proprioception, indicating the toggle between stabilization ...

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

A comprehensive new review published in the journal Science China Life Sciences synthesizes decades of research to explain how anxiety and depression arise from a complex interplay of genetic ...

Brain stimulation might sound like some Frankensteinian demonstration from a Victorian science fair. But in reality, it is a contemporary technique making a huge impact in neuroscience by addressing a ...

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of ...

At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study from UCLA finds remarkable similarities in how mice ...

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

A study discovered a circuit in the brain that connects stress with increased glucose and therefore may link stress to type 2 diabetes. In stressful situations, this circuit from the amygdala to the ...