A fundamental discovery about phosphorylation, a key mechanism that enables nervous system connections to strengthen, may alter the textbook-level understanding of how synapses work. Phosphorylation ...
Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...
As for what’s on the discs beyond the 28 episodes of the first season, they also come with the creditless versions of the ...
Sometimes our immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune encephalitis and it can appear out of the blue.
Every November, Epilepsy Awareness Month highlights one of the world’s most misunderstood neurological disorders: the stigma, ...
It is rightly said that our brain is our own inhabitant physician — gifted with the ability to ‘write’ prescriptions for our mind and body in health and illness.
This study makes it clear that pulling an all-nighter doesn’t just make you tired: it fundamentally disrupts how your brain processes space and visuals. The brain might try to fight back, but in the ...
"Showing him rock bottom then gives you the capacity to really let him grow,” the actor says of his character’s ...
In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a grain of sand, can receive electrical signals and respond to them — much as ...
In this interview, Kalpana Barnes highlights how new approach methodologies are addressing the gaps in drug discovery studies ...
A U.S. study maps epilepsy in adults 65+, revealing higher rates in the South linked to heat, poor sleep, low activity, and limited healthcare access.