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Jan. 8, 2021 —In work that could help unravel the origin of sleep, an international team of researchers has shown that tiny, water-dwelling hydras not only show signs of a sleep-like state despite lacking central ...
Aug. 15, 2021 —New research explains how the nervous system in the gut, known as the enteric nervous system (ENS) causes propulsion along the gut, highlighting how similar it behaves to other neural networks in the ...
June 22, 2022 —Breathing in polluted air could lead to toxic particles being transported from lungs to brain, via the bloodstream -- potentially contributing to brain disorders and neurological damage, a new study ...
Dec. 10, 2020 —The Zika virus can remain in mouse brain for extended periods, leading to long-term neurological and behavioral consequences, according to a new ...
Mar. 16, 2022 —Some 'hypervirulent' strains of Listeria monocytogenes have a greater capacity to infect the central nervous system. Scientists have discovered a mechanism that enables cells infected with ...
Dec. 28, 2021 —Recent studies have shown variation in the gene-expression profile and phenotype of microglia across brain regions and between different age and disease states. But the molecular mechanisms that ...
Oct. 22, 2020 —A new study shows that it is probably the immune response to, rather than the virus in itself, that causes sudden confusion and other symptoms from the nervous system in some patients with ...
Sep. 20, 2022 —Researchers have found regions in the woodpecker forebrain that show characteristics that until now have only been associated with vocal learning in animals and language in humans. The study shows ...
Oct. 27, 2022 —Study pinpoints the cluster of neurons that tell mice to eat, drink, and move around less when they're fighting bacterial ...
Feb. 24, 2021 —Researchers have mapped the physical organization of the brain of a microscopic soil-living nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, creating a new model for the architecture of the animal's ...