For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

Two teams discover how small cell lung cancer hijacks neural pathways to proliferate faster, especially to the brain. Common ...

The brain’s rules seem simple: Fire together, wire together. When groups of neurons activate, they become interconnected. This networking is how we learn, reason, form memories, and adapt to our world ...

Brain-computer interfaces have enabled people with paralysis to move a computer cursor with their mind and reanimate their muscles with their thoughts. But the performance of the technology—how easily ...

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A cytokine activates a specific neural circuit that causes social withdrawal in mice when sick, offering insight into the ...

Researchers at UT San Antonio have uncovered new details about electrical signals happening within nerve cells, deepening ...

The ability to analyze the brain's neural connectivity is emerging as a key foundation for brain-computer interface (BCI) ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network ...

A new study by physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Chicago, Harvard and Yale describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and ...