Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

The findings may give vital clues to the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

The brain’s rules seem simple: Fire together, wire together. When groups of neurons activate, they become interconnected. This networking is how we learn, reason, form memories, and adapt to our world ...

To stay in balance, the brain depends on two types of neurons: Excitatory neurons (in white), which increase activity, and inhibitory neurons (in black), which damp down signals. Scientists have now ...

A major neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithm. In a study published this month in Cell, a multinational team of ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along ...

Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...