This is also known as “unipolar” (as opposed to “bipolar ... They allow for more serotonin to be passed from neuron to neuron in the brain. SSRIs include: ...

Inspire’s pacemaker-like device delivers mild electrical stimulation to the hypoglossal nerve, which controls ... not meet its primary endpoint in the unipolar cohort in the RECOVER study.

Motor neuron disease usually refers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but it can also refer to other kind of neurodegenerative disease that affect the motor neurons, such as progressive primary ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. This landmark achievement has been conducted by a large ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain ...

Scientists have recently completed the most ambitious effort yet to construct such a map: a complete document of every neuron and every connection in the brain of an adult fruit fly. The research ...

The vagus nerve is an important part of interoception that can have a profound effect on how we are feeling, even influencing emotions such as anxiety and depression. Although the link between ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The vagus nerve is part of our relaxation system, and can modulate inflammation Scientists now hope to tap it and use it to treat ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In both, the kitchen becomes the scene for battle — between the generations, between the sexes, between ...

People with long-term or severe depression may lose some important connections in their brains (called synapses) that let nerve cells communicate. “We think that the number of synapses goes down ...