For more than a century, brain imaging has been a story of trade-offs: sharp pictures but slow timing, or fast signals with ...

New work in mice is revealing how losing insulation on just a few nerve fibers can throw off the timing of brain signals and ...

Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to ...

WASHINGTON – A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues with rewards can be altered by increased or decreased activity ...

Researchers at Tulane University have identified a previously unknown mechanism that activates pain signaling in the nervous system, a discovery that could reshape future drug development and offer ...

For more than a century, scientists believed they had a solid understanding of how the brain’s billions of neurons talk to each other. Messages flowed through synapses, where chemical messengers leapt ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Scientists at Stanford University have identified a specific brain region that appears to drive core autism symptoms in mice and successfully improved those behaviors using targeted ...

A newly discovered role for the brain protein cypin could open fresh paths for treating memory loss and brain disorders. Credit: Stock Research led by Rutgers suggests there could be significant new ...

Gut support cells communicate with surprising precision – like brain neurons – using tiny extensions to send instructions to the stem cells responsible for maintaining and healing the intestine. The ...