How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend ...

AAAS Student E-poster Competition Winners. The AAAS Student E-poster competition recognizes the individual efforts of students who are actively working toward an undergraduat ...

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex. Must be used in conjunction with Science paper on brain plasticity rules.

How do we learn something new? How do tasks at a new job, lyrics to the latest hit song or directions to a friend's house ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

A study of young adults in Spain found that those who engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity tend to have larger ...

Brains are adaptable and flexible. Commonly, the brain cells or neurons were believed to remain permanently into the specific type they were formed. Each type has a different function. But a study ...

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...

Biologically speaking, Alzheimer’s is characterized by the progression of amyloid-beta plaques and tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles, the latter of which are closely associated with loss of neurons ...

Published in Cell Reports, this groundbreaking study reveals that neurons-the cells that make up our brain-use simple physics to maintain their connections, and that these processes change in ...