In the late 1800s, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal drew hundreds of images of neurons. His exquisite work influenced our understanding of what they look like: Cells with a bulbous center ...

Insights from advanced imaging technology show how neurons communicate at the atomic level for the first time. For the first time, scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) used advanced ...

At the turn of the 20th century, Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed peculiar changes in a freshly removed brain. The brain had belonged to a 50-year-old woman who gradually lost her memory and struggled with ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they unexpectedly found new information about a protein’s special role in getting brain cells to communicate at the right time and place in experiments with ...

While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores energy, a new study finds it resets another vital function: memory. While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores energy, a new ...

A fruit fly might not be the smartest organism, but scientists can still learn a lot from its brain. Researchers are hoping to do that now that they have a new map — the most complete for any organism ...

Hundreds of thousands of human neurons growing in a dish coated with electrodes have been taught to play a version of the classic computer game Pong 1. The gamer cells respond not to visual cues on a ...

A striking video of developing neurons won the 2023 Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Hundreds of thousands of human neurons growing in a dish coated with electrodes have been taught to play a version of the classic computer game Pong. The gamer cells respond not to visual cues on a ...