A new breakthrough technology, co-developed by UCL scientists, that simultaneously records and manipulates neuron activity ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers tracked thousands of neural connections to identify 28 distinct types of dopamine neurons ...

To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, ...

The autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of internal organs such as the heart and gut, serving as a connection between the brain and the rest of the body. It is classified in two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regenerating neurons may be one way to improve cognition. stanislavgusev/RooM via Getty Images Your brain can still make new ...

Using microfluidic devices mimicking the crowded spaces in the developing brain, researchers gained novel insights into distinct modes of locomotion found in neurons. In the developing brain, neurons ...

For decades, textbooks told students the human brain held roughly 100 billion neurons and that glial cells outnumbered them ...

Neuropixels Opto is a single probe combining electrophysiology and optogenetics that simultaneously records and controls ...

New research has identified a key step in how neurons encode information on timescales that match learning. New research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience published this week in ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

Neurons in the bird eye’s inner retina lack a blood supply. Finding how these neurons function without oxygen reveals a role for an enigmatic eye structure. Read the paper: Oxygen-free metabolism in ...