A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...

BEIJING -- Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

How the brain feels about the world around it is the subject of a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia have created the first comprehensive protein-level atlas of brain development, ...

Coronal holes appear darker in ultraviolet images. Source: NASA/SDO A giant coronal hole almost 800,000 kilometers wide has opened in the Sun's atmosphere. The whole Earth will feel its impact because ...

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...

Table of Contents Section 31 was Deep Space Nine’s scariest villain Discovery made Section 31 legitimate but not benevolent Star Trek, if you choose to accept it In the utopian future of Star ...

Many “Star Trek” fans were more than a little skeptical of the announcement of a new television film in the franchise focused on Section 31. For those unfamiliar with the intricacies of ...

Anyone worried that Star Trek: Section 31 would completely undermine the central ethos of Star Trek as a franchise has those fears confirmed within the first 10 minutes of the movie. Section 31 ...