While most research on the biology of aging has focused on cell division, cells such as neurons and cardiomyocytes do not ...

The newfound ensemble of neurons could lead to therapies to treat persistent pain, which affects roughly one of five people ...

Researchers have found a set of brainstem neurons that can dial down chronic pain. These Y1 receptor neurons balance pain ...

Activating specific neurons in a part of the brain that serves as the body's master circadian pacemaker caused mice to eat ...

In the face of something that threatens survival, a certain group of neurons can produce a molecule that acts as a painkiller ...

Pinpointing brain circuits underlying binge drinking alcohol offers potential targets to develop interventions and reveals ...

Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them create one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain to date.

In haunted houses across the country this month, threatening figures will jump out of the shadows, prompting ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

After nine months in the womb, humans enter a world filled with texture and shape. We must then quickly learn to recognize and respond to textures and objects in the outside world, beginning with ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the ...