Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior.

An international team has reconstructed, with unprecedented precision, the architecture and functioning of tens of thousands of neurons from a mouse brain sample, along with their 500 ...

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

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 ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

NUS researchers have shown that a single transistor can replicate both neural and synaptic behaviors, marking a significant ...

The massive dataset from a new study is a step towards unravelling the mystery of how our brains work and could lead to ...

VIDEO: The study has revealed that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits – an insight that challenges long-held beliefs about adult neurogenesis. The ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but ...

These cells share important molecular and functional characteristics with neural stem cells of the brain. Peripheral neural stem cells have the same cell morphology, self-renewal and differentiation ...