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

The result supports earlier studies that used brain imaging to find evidence that the same neural circuits are involved in ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are coming ever closer to uncovering the neural circuitry that translates stimulus to action, ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers confirmed that parts of the neural network that inhibit movement in fruit flies plays a ...

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

Researchers pinpointed the purpose of mysterious heart neurons in mice—and humans have them, too When you get up out of a ...

When you close your eyes and picture a familiar face, your brain does not conjure the image from scratch. According to ...

One in five people worldwide suffers from chronic inflammatory pain. Meanwhile, about two thirds of those affected find ...

For decades, multiple sclerosis research has focused on myelin, the insulation around the brain's wiring. Scientists paid ...

Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...

Can zebrafish help find autism treatments? Scientists used pharmaco-behavioral profiling to identify FDA-approved drugs, like ...