That rotation is important, and to understand why, we have to consider another animal that uses the stars as a guide: the ...

Research that is taking a closer look at activity in the thalamus—a region long considered a relay station for the brain and ...

Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty were honored this year with the Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Excellence in ...

Researchers have uncovered how losing the autism-linked gene PTEN in a specific set of inhibitory neurons reshapes brain circuits tied to fear and anxiety.

The pain reliever acetaminophen is used 25 billion times annually, but there are only hypothesis on the mechanism that ...

Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty were honored this year with the Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Excellence in Research for their outstanding ...

Patch-clamp electrophysiology allows precise measurement of this activity at the level of individual cells, offering detailed insight into their physiological properties. In our group, we use ...

Extracellular recording is an electrophysiology technique that uses an electrode inserted into living tissue to measure electrical activity coming from adjacent cells, usually neurons. Neuropixels ...

Half a thousand brain cells have been identified as 'culprits' in the development of alcoholism. "It is really difficult to ...

At subsecond time-scales and micron length-scales, cells behave as fluid-filled sponges in which shape changes necessitate intracellular fluid redistribution. However, whether these cytoplasmic ...

Understanding the complexity of mental disorders requires a multi-faceted approach that considers the neural circuitry and the integral support systems ...

Now, new research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that the drug’s pain-killing power comes from blocking specific nerve channels in our extremities, not from affecting our brain as ...