Conscious perception may depend not just on the patterns of activity in certain neurons, but the timing of when those ...

New cell-based research shows that inhibiting the microRNA miR-140-5p improves neuronal survival, synaptic integrity and ...

Human cells hold about two meters (6.6 feet) of DNA, folded and compacted to fit inside a nucleus. That packing is essential ...

Scientists in China say a single brain cell can behave like a tiny computer, weighing evidence and testing guesses on the ...

Squishy, wrinkled, weighing about as much as a cantaloupe, the brain may not be much to look at from the outside. Yet with a ...

Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it ...

Researchers find evidence that suggests neural activity can guide the way the brain adapts to different sensory experiences ...

Many complex behaviors have resisted mechanistic explanations. Deciphering them requires new approaches—and maybe a new ...

In a new essay, former OpenAI researcher Nick Cammarata argues most AI neurons have one main job, splitting interpretability ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising two-way relationship between sleep and growth hormone, revealing how the brain carefully balances physical recovery with wakefulness. The findings could help ...

CU Anschutz researchers discovered gephyrin helps determine which nerve fibers receive myelin, a coating aiding communication ...