The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

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.

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 18, Supplement 2: Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI): Current Science (Spring 2008), pp. 20-24 (5 pages) In women, clinical studies suggest that functional pain ...

Once overlooked, astrocytes are increasingly recognized as star players in Alzheimer’s disease, with recent studies blaming them for feeding into a neurotoxic stew that kills neurons. In the September ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

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, ...