Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps pain sensing nerve cells stay ...

Scientists created an artificial neuron that operates at the same voltage as living cells and is able to communicate with the ...

Researchers discover the SELK neuron, a single-cell decision-maker in fruit flies that weighs sweet vs. bitter signals to determine whether to eat or flee.

Leptin-sensing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus (colored green) help to overcome anxiety to enable adaptive behaviour. Input from prefrontal cortex is shown in red. White lines show the activity of ...

A new study in animal models, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), is the first to show that oxygen sensing in the brain has a role in metabolism and sensing an organism's ...