A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.
Neurons exposed to chronic iron overload do not simply die on contact. Instead, they enter a weakened, primed state that ...
Some people remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer's brain changes. A new study suggests rare immature neurons may help ...
Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Among these, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most common; in the United States alone, the Alzheimer's Disease ...
Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images ) The ability to focus is not unique to humans or even to primates. Birds, ...
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from ...
Language-Specific Hardware: At the single-neuron level inside the hippocampus, individual cells are largely language-specific ...
A virus that normally infects mice has produced Parkinson’s-like brain damage in rodents without any other intervention. In a ...
Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. A team of researchers has programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial ...
What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated ...
Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.