Physiology

• High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem (25 Oct 2017)
  
• The chemical that tells plants when it's time to sleep (20 Oct 2017)
  
• What powers the pumping heart? (01 Aug 2016)
  
• New brainstem model reveals how brains control breathing (09 Jul 2016)
  
• Scientists discover what controls waking up and going to sleep: Simple 2-cycle mechanism turns key brain neurons on or off during 24-hour day (26 May 2016)
  
• Rapid eye movements in sleep reset dream 'snapshots': Researchers find eye movements during REM sleep reflect brain activity patterns associated with new images (24 May 2016)
  
• What is photosynthesis? (16 May 2016)
  
• New insights into underlying cellular mechanisms of information processing in the brain (13 Apr 2016)
  
• WSU Spokane researchers isolate smallest unit of sleep to date (11 Dec 2015)