Unlike land mammals, dolphins and other marine mammals have limited olfactory capabilities — their sense of smell is largely nonfunctional in aquatic environments. Researchers have therefore ...

to determine whether the GRP system is involved in itch neurotransmission of the eyes in the trigeminal sensory system. First, the instillation of itch mediators, such as histamine (His) and ...

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Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Feb. 3, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness, are strengthened during sleep. The study could help scientists understand ...

In two publications presented as a contest, Hopfield and Brody propose a mechanism for detecting groups of neurons receiving similar levels of sensory ... can the nervous system determine if ...

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The prefrontal cortex (PFC), which plays key roles in many higher cognitive processes, is a hierarchical system consisting of multi-scale organizations. Optimizing the working state at each scale is ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia mission detected an exoplanet 12 times more massive than Jupiter and a brown dwarf. The spacecraft is almost out of fuel.

This important study shows that the activity of hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin neurons (HONs) correlates with body movement over multiple behaviors. Sophisticated techniques and analyses showcase this ...

Network models are a computer architecture, implementable in either hardware or software, meant to simulate biological populations of interconnected neurons. These models, also known as ...