When defending their territory, male mice typically appear threatening before launching an attack, ensuring that aggression ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on ...

Gustatory receptor neurons are thought to be responsible for sensing taste and communicating with the central nervous system about food quality — guiding decision-making — according to the paper. The ...

Researchers have discovered a way to slow the progression of Huntington's disease by blocking SLC4A7 proteins that form neural connections.

Neuronal pathways originating from the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) of the brain participate in different adaptive behaviors, but which pathways are used for distinct adaptive strategies remains unclear ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

The ability to measure the connectivity of each neuron in a neural circuit has established large maps of neuronal pathways—the connectome. But the extent to which those connectivity measurements alone ...

Researchers have identified distinct molecular pathways that explain why cold feels different depending on where the body ...

Quick-acting targeted therapies with minimal side effects are an urgent need for the treatment of anxiety-related disorders. While delta opioid receptor (DOP) agonists have shown 'anxiolytic' or ...