In the lingo of the field, dopamine-producing cells are measuring a reward prediction error — the difference between the ...

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

Drugs that act on NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment consciousness, are key for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. These drugs were ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Scientists have created an advanced visual neuroprosthesis that communicates bidirectionally with the brain, marking one of ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising role for the "Frazzled" protein in helping neurons connect and communicate in the ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Scientists developed a wireless brain implant smaller than a grain of sand that recorded neural activity in mice for 365 days ...