While probing the escape reflex in the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the ...

Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age, new research in fruit flies reveals.

Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

Dopamine plays a more complex and precise role in brain function than previously thought: it not only enhances neural activity, but regulates inhibitory circuits that determine which signals are ...

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of pleasure, motivation, and reinforcement. In popular understanding, higher ...

Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. ("Encoded"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines for severe neurological disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an ...

Generating a complete multimodal cell census and atlas of the mouse brain through collaborative data collection, tool development and analysis. This atlas combines single-cell transcriptomic, ...

Why do we sometimes keep eating even when we're full and other times turn down food completely? Why do we crave salty things ...