A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. The drive to eat may be ...

Scientists have uncovered a new neuron type, BNC2, which acts quickly to counter hunger-promoting neurons, potentially ...

How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise ...

The findings reveal that BNC2 neurons, when activated by leptin and possibly other signals, not only suppress appetite but also alleviate the negative feelings associated with hunger. Remarkably, ...

The claustrum complex, a small yet powerful region in the brain, has intrigued scientists for years. Found across mammalian ...

Jungfleisch uses nanomagnets to store and transmit information and achieves it in a more energy-efficient manner as compared ...

The mechanics of how memories form, strengthen, and weaken over time have largely been a mystery. Now, emerging research ...

A study published in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine changes the way we understand memory. Until now, ...

With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...

New research reveals that astrocytes, a type of non-neuronal brain cell, play a significant role in memory storage and recall ...

Astrocytes—named for their star-like shape—are a type of brain cell as abundant as neurons in the central nervous system, but ...

By snugly wrapping around neurons, these devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even ...