Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology – in health and disease.

A good night's sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with ...

It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the brain. This represents a potential new breakthrough in a world which has ...

The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to ...

Epigenetic alterations have emerged as critical factors in the pathogenesis of brain cancer, particularly gliomas. This article explores the impact of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) on the ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

Our biceps and brain cells might have more in common than we believed. According to a new study from the Lippincott-Schwartz ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...