Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to ...
The single-celled Stentor coeruleus learns through CaMKII-driven protein modification, mirroring mechanisms found in the human brain.
Scientists have known for more than a century that a single-celled organism with no nerve cells—much less a brain—can behave ...
Yelling at your kids may feel like the only way to get them to listen sometimes, but as a method of discipline, it can lead ...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected ...
During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a "molecular ...
Detailed maps of smell receptors in the nose overturn textbook models of olfactory receptor organization in mice.
The odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies ...
Researchers at Leipzig University have gained important insights into learning mechanisms in the brain of the fruit fly ...
Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can be frustrating and time-consuming. But not so for molecular ...