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.

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 ...

Macrophages, immune cells typically known for fighting infections, have been discovered to play a vital role in controlling movement and linking neural activity with metabolic demands.

New research led by a team at the University of Tokyo sheds light on the relationship between internally generated noise and ...

Inside, its roughly 10 billion neurons form large networks ... In other words, where does the sensory processing differential between the moving point and the light flash come from? As we just ...

Tinnitus is the perception of a sound without any external source. In many cases, psychological disorders co-exist with tinnitus such as depression, and result in the inability to work or even suicide ...

Large language models such as OpenAI’s o1 have electrified the debate over achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI.

As we age, our senses become less acute due to changes in the organs themselves and also in the brain. An ageing brain ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown yet crucial role for thyrotropin-releasing hormone (Trh) in zebrafish hatching and reveal how this hormone activates a transient neuroendocrine circuit ...

For instance, young adults who studied language intensively increased their cortical thickness in language areas. Similarly, ...

The structure of two regions in the left hemisphere, which are crucial for language, were different in people who were good ...