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In a new study, a group of researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca investigated how, and to what extent, vision influences the development of hearing.

A new study has taken a world-first molecular look at the structure of black widow venom, which contains a subclass of neurotoxins called latrotoxins.

A study looking at the potential of repurposing licensed drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has identified the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, trade name Viagra, as a candidate for future analysis.

Researchers have developed a noninvasive way to remove faulty brain circuits that could allow doctors to treat debilitating neurological diseases without the need for conventional brain surgery.

Pound for pound, the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and remains a fuel-guzzler even when neurons are not firing neurotransmitters to each other. Now researchers have found that the process of packaging neurotransmitters may be responsible for this energy drain.

Our understanding of how microscopic structure and changes in the shape of food affect the texture of food remains underdeveloped. Researchers have conducted a series of experiments relating the study of how soft solids and some liquids deform to texture.

New research from the University of Chicago points to microglia, key immune cells in the brain, as a key mediator in the relationship between the gut microbiome and b-amyloid deposits in male mice in a model of Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study shows that researchers can remotely control the brain circuits of numerous animals simultaneously and independently through the internet.

A blind taste test demonstrates that Danes prefer the taste of conventionally and organically farmed smoked salmon over wild-caught salmon. However, the picture is turned upside down the second we find out where a fish comes from.

Researchers have discovered how chemical pollutants that are leaching into the water can affect the reproduction in common anemonefish.