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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

A study published in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons ...

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

The transplantation of astrocytes — a type of brain cell as common as neurons — may provide hope of treatments or cures of ...

It’s common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...