If you’ve ever reacted to this symphony of sickness by shrinking away from invisible pathogens, you might be surprised to learn that your brain exhibits a similar, self-protective response to outward ...

Author Maria Vogel Maria is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies how neurons and astrocytes influence each ...

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, personalized information is now accessible to anyone online. Following the introduction of ChatGPT, other generative AI ...

When a clinical trial holds the power to change who you are, do you get a say in what happens next? This question made headlines when a participant in an Australian study was forced to part with the ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through your central nervous system, serving multiple roles: it protects your brain, takes out the cellular trash, and even acts as a highway for immune cells. Although ...

Johanna Mayer will take you around the cell, from the endoplasmic reticulum to the golgi complex. Each infographic will cover a different organelle! Johanna Mayer is a PhD student at Karolinska ...

My grandfather started to shuffle his feet and have trouble with basic things like buttoning his shirt a few years ago. Subtle brain changes had been silently progressing for years before his first ...

Running his hands over a red armchair, Neo murmurs with hesitation, “This isn’t real.” Gazing at him intently, Morpheus responds, “What is real? How do you define real?” In the film The Matrix, the ...

Knowing Neurons is currently partnering with the UCLA Brain Research Institute and the UCLA Spanish and Portuguese Department to translate the Knowing Neurons site and content into Spanish in order to ...

We strive to make neuroscience accessible to anyone interested in learning about the brain. Here, you can delve into the mind via stories, infographics, interviews, and more! Learn more about who we ...

Convulsive therapies are an underappreciated treatment that can alleviate symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders through rapid cycles of muscle contraction and relaxation. However, misuse and poor ...