The hormone, which is well known for regulating appetite, appears to influence neuronal development—a finding that could shed light on disorders such as autism that involve dysfunctional synapse formation.

Patterns of neural activity known as alpha waves, long thought to originate in the thalamus, may actually stem from a different brain region entirely.

Gamma delta T cells in the meninges of the brain release a cell signaling molecule that does more than protect mice from microbial pathogens.

Using optogenetics, scientists have simulated the sense of smell directly within the mouse brain to investigate the nature of olfactory perception.

A fluorescent image of murine hippocampal cells is the winning microscopy image from more than 400 submissions from 65 countries for Olympus’s 2019 Image of the Year Award.

The technology, tested out on patients with epilepsy who already had electrodes implanted in their brains, is currently limited to 30–50 sentences.

The decades-old signature of nuclear testing can reveal the ages of organisms, or even individual cells.

A gene involved in a newly described syndrome affects neural functioning in fruit fly embryos.

Neuronal signal timing is crucial for muscle coordination during flight.

An evolutionary biologist knits a festive homage to her research.

The surprising finding comes courtesy of two study participants with implanted electrode arrays that record activity at single-neuron resolution.

A study finds variations in the levels of proteins for some important processes among organelles from different brain cells.

Flashing lights activate fly navigation neurons.

A new study suggests that growing in a stressful environment prevents “brains-in-a-dish” from growing in the same way as their in vivo counterparts.