The human brain is able to adapt to different situations, ensuring flexible and effective behavior. The biological mechanisms ...
Twelve laboratories around the world have joined forces to map neuronal activity in a mouse’s brain as it makes decisions.
New research shows that slow oscillations in the brain, which occur during deep sleep and anesthesia, are guided by neuronal excitability rather than structural anatomy.
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different ...
Are the same technologies that promise to make us smarter making us less capable of the mental work that builds understanding ...
The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...
Consortium leader of the EU-funded project SpikeHERO, Fraunhofer IIS is setting its sights on fibre optic networks over the ...
Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...
Scientists have developed a brain-inspired semiconductor that can adjust its responses based on experience, much like human neurons do through “intrinsic plasticity.” ...