The drive to eat may be controlled by a very simple circuit in the brain, new research in mice suggests. Just three types of brain cells collaborate to suppress or enhance appetite, driving mice to ...

Our appetites may be regulated by a circuit in our brains that is made up of three types of neurons, according to a new study involving mice. In the mice, just three types of brain cells drove them to ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

So far, researchers have identified seven distinct types of dopamine neurons by looking at their genetic profiles. A study published in August 2023 was the first to parse dopamine function based ...

The reptilian DVR was therefore a mix of inherited and novel types of neurons. Mammals, however, were a different story. Salamander neurons didn’t match anything in the mammalian neocortex, ...

Now, in a first, researchers at Harvard Medical School have defined five distinct subtypes of sensory neurons in the colon that carry signals to the brain.. In a new study, conducted in mice and ...

The human brain's billions of neurons represent a menagerie of cells that are among both the most highly specialized and variable ones in our bodies. Neurons convert electrical signals to chemical ...

A computer program revealed a particular type of neuron in the spinal cord that appeared to play a key role, per Science. When the researchers then blocked the activity of these neurons in the ...