Unlike a mosquito bite, some itches—called mechanical itches—start with a touch. Now researchers understand what's happening in the body.

The way fruit flies navigate the world isn't as simple as you might think. Now, researchers understand more about their surprisingly complex calculations.

Metronome neurons keep time in rodent brains and help them detect touches to their whiskers. Could the same be true in human brains?

Discovery of a brain region in mice that controls appetite supression and activation could help patients with disease-induced appetite loss or overeating.

Discovery of a brain region in mice that controls appetite supression and activation could help patients with disease-induced appetite loss or overeating.

When ALS-affected neurons get more glucose, they live longer and move more efficiently, which could mean more mobility for people with the disease.

New research describes the activation of dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies and the generation of new neurons.

Brain networks may be "like coworking spaces, where people move in and out and there are different jobs being performed at any given time."

Certain neurons control both hunger and the energy we expend, which could pave the way for new kinds of obesity drugs.

A single neuron could give researchers the kind of data that usually comes from many.