For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Manipulating a newly identified neural circuit can curb appetite -- or spur massive overeating. Speaking, singing, coughing, laughing, yelling, yawning, chewing -- we use our jaws for many purposes.

Scientists have known for years that a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina that allow us to see – but it’s been a mystery how the intricate structure is created. Now, researchers at ...

Researchers at Tsukuba University in Japan report that memories acquired while awake are stored in a more permanent form (called memory consolidation) during the REM stage of sleep, and that this ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Researchers at the Tsukuba University in Japan report that memories acquired while awake are stored in a more permanent form (called memory consolidation) during the REM stage of sleep, ...