The progression of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood, but new research may have found how the plaques that cause it ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, allowing researchers to map the brain's structure and synaptic connectivity (i.e., the junctions via which ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

Researchers have developed a new type of artificial neuron that physically emulates the electrochemical processes of ...

Scientists map the circadian rhythm-regulating neurons and elucidate their roles in regulating behaviors in Drosophila The circadian clock, an internal timekeeping system, enables organisms to respond ...

Noise as loud as 85 to 100 decibels over time led to irreversible motor defects and loss of dopamine neurons in a mouse model ...

Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in "filtering" sensory ...

Thiorphan promotes neural regeneration after a spinal cord injury, according to new research published in Nature on Oct. 29.