Brain tumors have long been treated as rogue invaders: growing, spreading, and resisting treatment on their own. But new ...

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

A protein capable of recording incoming chemical signals of brain cells was engineered by scientists, which could decode the ...

A new protein sensor lets researchers see incoming brain signals, revealing how neurons process information tied to memory ...

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, researchers have been able to identify a key characteristic in affected brains: ...

When it comes to brain cells, neurons get the most attention. Their central role in our thoughts, sensations and behaviors has captivated scientists. But neurons are only half the story: glia, ...

Experimental electron micrograph of purified synaptic vesicles (upper). Synaptic vesicles automatically identified in the image with a new computer program are highlighted with different colours and ...

Scientists have discovered how stress can lead to serious mental health problems. To better understand the function of type I ...

To adapt to perceived changes in our environment, the brain constantly updates the activity of neural circuits in the prefrontal cortex, a region involved in attention, anticipation, and ...

One of the biggest controversies in neuroscience dates back to 1906, when Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal argued their opposing views on brain structure. 1 Golgi hypothesized that brain cells ...