This important study partially fills the gap in the knowledge of olfaction at the level of the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus (AON) and Piriform Cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging, ...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students and collaborators at the ...

Researchers identified 16 distinct types of nerve cells involved in human touch and compared them with those in mice and macaques, showing both shared and unique traits.

In a recent study published in Autism Research, researchers discovered three distinct subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in males, each associated with unique brain structure patterns and ...

A 'butchered' common dolphin was found ashore a New Jersey beach on Oct. 30, and now federal authorities are investigating ...

The peripheral nervous system is the part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord ... resolution atlas of human somatosensory dorsal root ganglion neurons. This work revealed ...

Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.

Scientists have created brain ‘organoids’ that may be showing early signs of sentience. Should that give researchers pause?

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...

Our brains have to do a lot of work when we watch a movie. There are plots to follow, dialogue to interpret, visuals to take in, and more. Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human ...

Scientists discovered a mechanoreceptor that triggers the distinctive shake-off behavior observed in mice when they become ...

Neuroscientists have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us 'where we are' in a sequence of behaviors. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just ...