After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain implant originally developed to help people with epilepsy, researchers in ...
Your brain’s “stop eating” signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes—once thought to just support neurons—actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a ...
Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Brain preserved in formaldehyde. — Gaetan Lee (CC BY 2.0) Scientists have discovered a brain “pain switch” that prioritises survival needs ...
In A Nutshell Tiny glow-in-the-dark particles injected into the bloodstream light up on command when a focused sound beam is ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder is often described as a brain stuck in survival mode, with threat circuits firing long after the danger has passed. Now researchers are zeroing in on a specific neural ...
In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling mechanism that takes place outside the cell, flipping on a 'pain switch.' This ...
Recent research shows that cells in the brain once thought to be just helpers, called astrocytes, actually play a major role ...