Feeding in mammals is controlled by a complex neural system. Although several key neural pathways related to total calorie ...

What neural and behavioral mechanisms allow mice to identify food sources, navigate toward them, and initiate consumption? A research team led by Prof. Zhang Yunfeng from the Institute of Zoology of ...

Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Q: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for about a month ...

Scientists at Monash University have created a tiny fluid-based chip that behaves like neural pathways of the brain, ...