The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have identified the specific neurons in mice brains that tell them ...

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

"Other neurons in the brain are usually restricted to sensing food put into our mouth, or how food fills the gut, or the ...

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a unique group of neurons in the mouse brain that command the animal to ...

Mirror neurons received significant media attention in the 2000s and were painted by some scientists as the key to many of our advanced social abilities. However, many of the more significant ...

Researchers in Japan found that excessively activated neurons over time, rather than decreased neuronal activity, cause aging-related decline in brain function in nematodes.

Parkinson's disease primarily affects neurons in the brain that produce dopamine (depicted here). Now, RIKEN researchers have found that ...

Specific neurons that secrete the neuropeptide oxytocin in the brain are disproportionately disrupted in a mouse model of ...

RIKEN neuroscientists found oxytocin-secreting neurons are selectively impaired in an autism mouse model, affecting social ...