A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a network of neural connections. But how are these signals adjusted to refine our perceptions? A team from the University of Geneva ...

University of Michigan researchers discovered that psychedelics enhance brain connectivity in far more neurons than ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...

French and Canadian scientists reactivate mitochondria energy in neurons and successfully restore memory in mice with ...

A study by the Center for Regenerative Therapies in Dresden suggests what every parent with children who scream all the time ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

Researchers identified neurons in the mouse primary visual cortex that encode illusions that receive information from higher ...

Researchers uncovered a new subtype of hypothalamic neurons, called Crabp1 neurons, that serve as powerful regulators of energy expenditure.

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend recommended or read the latest world news, your brain stores many of these ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...