A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

Cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new ...

Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists have demonstrated that neurons can transform from one type ...

How chromatin openness controls behavioral changes remains unclear. This work implicates alternative promoter selection, ...

The Brain Prize 2025 went to neuro-oncologists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler for pioneering the field of cancer n.

A new study reveals that microRNAs—tiny regulators of gene expression—play a crucial role in shaping Purkinje cells, rare ...

Our brains contain billions of neurons and trillions of connections, and scientists are only beginning to understand the ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...