Super-resolution microscopes have revealed a whole new type of connection between neurons in mouse and human brains. In the ...

“It’s possible that the mice weren’t seeing them,” admits Shin, “because the technique has involved a relatively small number ...

You probably have a general understanding of the human brain: a network of nerve cells connected by synapses. Complex or abstract ideas emerge as a result of the firing of many of these nerve cells, ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have achieved a significant breakthrough by employing scatterometry, a technique ...

Certain nerve cells in the brain become active whenever they are confronted with different images or the name of a specific person or the identity of an object. They are highly selective and do not ...

Acute or short-lived pain, despite its bad reputation, is usually a lifesaver. It acts as a transient negative sensory ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...

A team at University of Massachusetts Amherst developed artificial neurons that fire in the same voltage range as living ...

Mouse neurons treated with the new CaST labeling technique developed at UC Davis. CaST enables rapid labeling of brain cells as they respond to psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin or LSD. (Image by ...

Activating certain receptor neurons help control lipolysis and gluconeogenic substrate supply in a recent mouse study, ...