Our lives are filled with binary decisions – choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our ...

Our lives are filled with binary decisions—choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our ...

Researchers in optics and brain and cognitive science are investigating whether neurons can transmit light in a manner ...

Your nervous system uses billions of tiny, connected nerve cells called neurons to send the messages, which are electrical and chemical signals that tell your body what to do. Your nervous system ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

A new study reveals how inflammation alters sensory neuron activity, heightening heat sensitivity and contributing to chronic ...

Protect your nervous system to safeguard cognition, movement, and stress resilience. Learn diet, exercise, and lifestyle tips ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...