Most of the cell types in your body appear in many places — for example, humans have photoreceptors throughout our nervous ...

which is flush with endocannabinoid receptors and the obvious place to look for behavioral signals. Piomelli gently chastised his mentee. “He said, ‘You’re being neurocentric. Remember, there’s a body ...

The discovery of microbial-sensing proteins called Toll-like receptors is transforming our understanding of the body’s response to infection. Aa Aa Aa A diverse range of microbes, including ...

Scientists have found a reason why some people never seem to get warm while others never seem to feel the cold: some nerve cell receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than ...

Ozempic being a household name, GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), a class of medications have garnered significant ...

T he newest weight-loss drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound, are incredibly popular. But doctors are still learning about all of the ...

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

New research found that individuals with anorexia nervosa have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity, which may ...

Why does coffee taste more bitter to some people than it does to others? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have now come closer to ...

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can ...