Distinct brainstem neurons and visceral afferents either sense esophageal stretch to regulate eating speed or detect gut nutrients to shape long-term food choices and satiety.

Brains balance individual neuron activity and scalable teamwork using a fractal hierarchy, optimizing efficiency and ...

Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people, ...

The researchers wondered if certain types of neurons in the skin are particularly important for processing the information in ...

Expression of the alpha2delta1 receptor in sensory neurons increased as they over ... As soon as we disrupt sensory ...

Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and ...

This valuable study combines experiments and theory to investigate the putative role of spontaneous correlated activity in establishing aligned topographic maps of neural activity in higher-order ...

The model's "brain" can now process visual and olfactory information through virtual eyes and antennae, giving it a sensory experience ... but also how real neurons might be responding," says ...

Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Multi-dendritic cibarium neurons in the fly pharynx sense mechanical force during swallowing by NOMPC, piezo, and Tmc, besides, these neurons interact with motor neurons to control food swallow.

Children with severe SMA have substantial loss of motor and sensory neurons in the thoracic region of the spinal cord, a ...