Going to school and navigating to their preschool classrooms has new meaning for a select group of local children, thanks to a community service project that received a boost from SUNY Cortland’s ...

When students returned to Pomerado Elementary School in Poway on Wednesday, there was a colorful new feature on their playground. It’s a sensory pathway painted over the summer that leads students ...

Utilizing optogenetics, researchers at Fujita Health University have selectively deactivated neural pathways with light, revealing new insights into how sensory and motor areas of the mouse brain ...

Lauren Walker, left, lead clinical occupational therapist, Charles Carley, center, Mayor of South Brunswick, and Manisha Lad, founder of Akhil Autism Foundation, call over attendees for the grand ...

Despite growing awareness of the role of nutrition in health and cognitive function, the intricate neural mechanisms linking sensory signals and dietary ...

Research published in Cell Reports from the University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals that, by labeling a subset of trigeminal afferents with the genetic marker Fos-Cre and inhibiting them, ...

Your nerves transmit messages within the brain, as well as among the brain, spinal cord, and the body. In order to do this, they use a combination of electrical and chemical signaling. Motor neurons ...

New brain effect: Researchers found caffeine can boost the brain's ability to filter touch sensations before triggering muscle movements. Study design: Twenty adults received either caffeine or ...