Nerve cells (neurons) send signals throughout the brain and the body along long processes called axons; these communication and information processes consume high levels of energy. A recent study ...

Scientists have discovered how stress can lead to serious mental health problems. To better understand the function of type I ...

Dopamine neurons in the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA) ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert ...

A research team led by McGill University has taken a close look at a long-standing idea about Parkinson’s disease and found ...

Neuroscientists have unveiled an engineered protein that lets them watch incoming signals wash over neurons in real time, turning what used to be invisible chemical whispers into vivid, trackable ...

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body.

Scientists have pinpointed a group of cells in the brain whose activity could help explain the ability to share another’s pain. Why can we feel other people’s pain? A recent study in rats investigates ...