Anticonvulsants used to treat epilepsy work on GABA. And drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease, such as L-DOPA, promote dopamine function. Other Brain Cells (Glia) Although neurons are ...

Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain ...

New research uses pioneering tools to show how aggressive female fruit flies' vision is regulated to focus on what's important.

Researchers have engineered a laser-based artificial neuron that simulates the complex functions of a biological graded ...

This chip-based laser neuron mimics how human neurons work, but it's incredibly fast. Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong state that this laser neuron operates at an astonishing ...

This bioengineering breakthrough has found a way to make neurons grown in a dish react just like the real thing.

"The anatomy and function of the autonomic system has been known for over a century, but we have surprisingly little understanding of cellular and functional diversity of autonomic neurons," Oka says.