Neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's involve progressive neuronal loss due to ...

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action.

Scientists have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. A team of researchers discovered which chemicals influence the signals ...

so most brain research we hear about still doesn’t involve these neurons, which it seems exist exclusively in the human brain. Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, the director of the Centre for Systems ...

The brain is the body’s control center, with billions of neurons branching out in every direction to ... Even for mice as old as 30 months (which some scientists equate with more than 70 human years), ...

The communication system between your gut and brain is called the gut-brain axis. They’re connected both physically and biochemically in a number of different ways. They may even influence each ...

On this episode of Primer, we explore the world of biocomputing, where scientists are blurring the lines between the biological and synthetic.

A new Drosophila collection of Parkinsonism models reveals early synaptic cholinergic projection neuron dysfunction, linking synaptic failure to later dopaminergic decline, highlighting a role for ...