This valuable work identifies a subpopulation of neurons in the larval zebrafish pallium that responds differentially to varying threat levels, potentially mediating the categorization of negative ...

How does the brain create mental images? A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code.

Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation ...

Chronic pain affects roughly 51 million adults in the United States alone, and for most of them, the available drug options ...

Researchers at Tohoku University and Future University Hakodate have trained cultured rat cortical neurons to perform ...

Hyderabad have identified a mammalian protein, Cnpy1 (Canopy1), that is essential for the survival and function of ...

Inhibitory "stop" neurons are actually responsible for driving the rhythmic limb movements of fruit flies through a unique ...

The brain is the body's command center, and neurons are the workhorses that carry out its commands. They transmit signals ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are coming ever closer to uncovering the neural circuitry that translates stimulus to action, shining light on previously unseen neural connections and lesser-known ...

Intracellular transport is a vital process that allows cells to move proteins and other molecules to specific locations. This ...