During a good night’s sleep, the brain gets busy cleaning itself, flushing out waste products that have built up during the day. A study in mice shows how a molecule called noradrenaline ...

To do this, they conducted a series of experiments involving mice, specifically examining their insular cortex (IC), a brain region known to play a part in sensory perception and the maintenance ...

However, little is known of the hierarchical genetic regulation of autoimmunity. Recently, we found that the introduction of PD-1 deficiency resulted in the reduction of the number of genetic factors ...

Columbia scientists studying mice have identified specialized neurons that respond to a variety of cues to then instruct the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are ...