Traditional explanations of acupuncture often emphasize direct acupoint-organ relationships, focusing on local stimulation or ...

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

New research shows that sleep loss alters specific memory circuits, but also hints that a familiar compound may help restore ...

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. Although previous ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are coming ever closer to uncovering the neural circuitry that translates stimulus to action, shining light on previously unseen neural connections and lesser-known ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte, and for a long time, scientists thought its job was caretaking the brain, ...

A cross-disciplinary team led by Prof. Qu Jianan from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Prof. Julie L ...

This proposal outlines a research collection exploring Cryptochrome (CRY) as a multifunctional molecular hub in insects, extending well beyond its canonical ...