For decades, scientists have looked at various mechanisms responsible for the decline of our mental faculties as we age. A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ...

Researchers have identified a key neural switch that controls whether animals instinctively flee from a threat or freeze in place. By comparing two closely related deer-mouse species, they found that ...

Leuven, Belgium, 23 July 2025 – Researchers have identified a key neural switch that controls whether animals instinctively flee from a threat or freeze in place. By comparing two closely related deer ...

UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system ...

A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ferritin light chain 1, or FTL1, plays a big role ...