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Not all inflammation leads to pain. Despite widespread infection followed by fever, colds rarely cause pain. But when some cytokines and certain immune cells are active near pain-sensing nerves, they trigger receptors that convey pain sensations to t
Mutations known to increase the risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer may also make carriers susceptible to heart failure.
Scientists have found a way to reactivate a gene in mice that is silenced in a neurodevelopmental disorder called Angelman syndrome.
Certain neuroscience techniques are not robust enough to be used as evidence in a trial, a new report says.
For honeybees, there’s no place like home. And every year, they must find a new one. Now, a study publishing today (December 8) in Science suggests that the honeybee swarms use inhibitory signals when house-hunting, paralleling the human brain’s deci
People who are emotionally connected are more likely to catch the yawns from one another.
Researchers use optogenetics to reverse drug-induced brain and behavioral changes.
Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
Neurons engineered to light up when they fire could help researchers study more precisely how the brain works.
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