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A mathematical model can predict the path walkers take through a rugged landscape, including the tendency of people to avoid paths that are too steep, even if it means going farther.

Damage to the synapses connecting hair cells to the auditory nerve leads to undetected hearing impairments.

Studying the fecal microbiota of wild baboons helps provide new insight into the factors that influence biological aging.

Combining electrophysiological, anatomical and functional brain maps reveals networks of beta neural activity that align with dopamine uptake.

Mice can generate a cognitive map of an environment based on self-motion signals when there is a fixed association between their starting point and the location of their goal.

A reciprocal interaction between gut bacteria and gut cells affects protein absorption in the host.

The epigenome of T follicular helper cells prepares them for conversion into type 1 regulatory T cells.

New research shows that the neural circuit responsible for stabilising gaze can develop in the absence of motor neurons, contrary to a long-standing model in the field.

Certain strains of a bacterium found in the gut of some animals, Lactobacillus plantarum, are able to counter hyperuricemia, a condition caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.

A new approach helps examine the proportion of cancerous and healthy stem cells in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and how this influences treatment outcomes.