Stowers researchers present a new model for how the brain is organized to process odor information. Just like a road...
Huntington’s disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition...
Scientists from the Monell Center report that seven of 12 related mammalian species have lost the sense of sweet taste....
Within a decade, personal robots could become as common in U.S. homes as any other major appliance, and many if...
Antibodies that block the process of synapse disintegration in Alzheimer’s disease have been identified, raising hopes for a treatment to...
MicroRNAs key to memory and learning process. Studying tiny bits of genetic material that control protein formation in the brain,...
Yale University researchers have discovered a key cellular mechanism that may help the brain control how much we eat, what...
Several specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according...
MDC researchers identify new function of a well-known gene A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans...
The carnage evident in disasters like car wrecks or wartime battles is oftentimes mirrored within the bodies of the people...
Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism,...
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, collaborating with members of the drug discovery company Receptos, has created...