A new book by one of the founders of research on neural networks covers more than 40 years of scientific work that led to the ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...

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

New experiences physically change brain neurons, creating permanent pathways that enhance memory and can slow the perception ...

"These RNAs seem to act like postal codes for gene repression," said Dr. Anuj K. Verma, lead author of the study. "They help direct the polycomb complex to precise chromatin neighborhoods where stress ...

Dancing, sketching, or even playing chess online does more than lift your mood; creative activities may actually help ...

As information zings from cell to cell inside the brain, bursts of electricity spur its transmission. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), scientists have turned their attention to the tiny pores ...

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Researchers at the ...