USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that replicate the complex electrochemical behavior of biological brain cells.

A University of Alberta research team has discovered a new function for brain molecules known as gangliosides, offering ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

The experimental model won't compete with the biggest and best, but it could tell us why they behave in weird ways—and how ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a vast network of nerves built into the walls of the intestine. While it is well known ...

A new study on laboratory rats has found that the brain’s ability to learn from rewards is enhanced by the hormone estrogen.

Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). are very different diseases, they have ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...

In a groundbreaking study [1] published in Science, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and collaborators unveiled the first high-resolution atlas of how enteric neurons adapt to ...

How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the mammalian brain fold? How do we feel touch at our fingertips? These and other fundamental biological questions remain unsolved. Yet, scientists know ...