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.

Neuroscientists have carefully studied how synapses only have access to their own “local” information, yet collectively they ...

As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right ...

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 ...

Understanding and treating brain disorders such as tremor, imbalance, and speech impairments requires deep knowledge of the ...

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 ...

Neurizon Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:NUZ) has yielded positive results from an independent study – conducted in collaboration with Tessara Therapeutics – which showed its lead drug NUZ-001 produced several ...

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 ...