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Up to now, scientific knowledge has told us that the polio virus affects the spinal cord, but not the brain. Researchers have shown this not to be the case. The study increases understanding of how the neurological and neurodegenerative diseases in parts of the nervous systems can affect brain networks.

A hormone that can suppress food intake and increase the feeling of fullness in mice has shown similar results in humans and non-human primates.

New research shows how prehistoric indigenous American people created rock art as part of the hallucinogenic experience.

Scientists have created a drug that is able to lure stem cells to damaged tissue and improve treatment efficacy. The discovery could improve current stem cell therapies designed to treat numerous indications.

A new study reveals that stronger doses of these drugs are linked with an increased risk of adverse effects.

Rice University biochemists have studied how neurodegeneration kills cells.

Researchers have established that excessive calcium contributes to harmful inflammation in ischemic stroke, and targeting it may provide doctors with a new way to improve patient outcomes.

Strong emotions such as fear and anxiety tend to be accompanied and reinforced by measurable bodily changes including increased blood pressure, heart rate and respiration, and dilation of the eyes' pupils. Researchers have identified a population of brain cells whose activity appears to drive such arousal responses.

A new study from MIT finds that the longings we feel during social isolation share a neural basis with the food cravings we feel when hungry.

Researchers have now developed a way to image up to five different molecule types at a time, by measuring each signal from random, distinct locations throughout a cell.