Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the ...

Visual experience triggers the formation of a web of neural connections in different brain areas in order to make sense of ...

Experiments mapping individual neurons in the sensorimotor cortex of mice show that sharp transitions in functional properties can define cortical regions.

Animation shows what happens inside a neuron during the synaptic vesicle cycle and how administering levetiracetam enables APP to remain on the cell’s surface longer, diverting it away from the ...