A new map of the adult male fruit fly brain and nerve cord includes over 166,000 neurons and the millions of connections between them.

A fruit fly study shows motor neurons do more than relay commands: They send signals back to the brain and organize movement ...

A new study from the laboratory of Levi Todd, Ph.D., at Upstate Medical University has found that aging significantly limits ...

Preparation of an entire brain for imaging at the necessary resolution requires a distinct set of skills, as does ...

A fruit fly can taste food all over its body. New research shows how those signals travel through the brain to control eating ...

When researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus set out to create a map of all the neurons in the fruit fly brain in 2008, ...

The longer we stay awake, the more certain brain cells appear to turn up the pressure to sleep, eventually making rest nearly ...

For most mammals, cold suppresses neural activity and diminishes the sense of touch. But the thirteen-lined ground squirrel ...

Physical activity causes a type of brain cell called astrocytes to contract, which then leads to the formation of new neurons ...

Octopus arms have an axial nerve cord built in repeating segments, the first case of nervous system segmentation documented in any mollusk.

Eating may look effortless, but behind every bite, the brain runs a split-second relay of coordinated movement. In a recent ...

A major study found that adults with depression show disrupted production of new neurons in the hippocampus, potentially ...