New research reveals that neurons can switch their migration strategy depending on whether they move on flat surfaces or through tight, crowded spaces.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a ...

memory formation hinges on connections between groups of engram cells, which are neurons thought to capture and store ...

Neural networks are one typical structure on which artificial intelligence can be based. The term "neural" describes their ...

In the developing brain, neurons must navigate through complex and often crowded tissue to reach their final ...

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study, they describe a brain ...

“One of these groups of neurons is solely dedicated to regulating the desire to drink, the first ‘thirst neuron’ that has ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

This valuable study combines real-time keypoint tracking with transdermal activation of sensory neurons to investigate sensory neuron recruitment in freely moving mice, and builds on the authors' ...