To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate ...

A new study, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is leading to a new understanding of how immune cells ...

In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the single-cell level. The discovery could transform Parkinson’s research by setting new standards for ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

Biocomputing research is testing living neurons for computation as scientists look for energy-efficient alternatives to ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity into meanings that shape perception and action.

To stay in balance, the brain depends on two types of neurons: Excitatory neurons (in white), which increase activity, and inhibitory neurons (in black), which damp down signals. Scientists have now ...

Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of ...