Tulane researchers discovered a new pain signaling mechanism that could lead to safer, more effective treatments and reshape ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell ...

A new study published in eLife has found that a remarkably rare type of neuron acts as a master conductor for the brain’s ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

As you’re reading this sentence, cells in your brain are sending rapid-fire electrical signals between each other, transmitting information. They’re doing so via tiny, specialized junctions between ...

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 ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the ...

Experimental electron micrograph of purified synaptic vesicles (upper). Synaptic vesicles automatically identified in the image with a new computer program are highlighted with different colours and ...