Scientists at Linköping University have created a highly compact artificial neuron from conductive plastics that replicates ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

A collaborative French-Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing. Published in the journal Cell, the research shows that these glial cells are ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...

Scientists have pinpointed specific neurons and microglia, crucial for emotion and inflammation, as key players in depression ...

It's rather weird: If you've ever seen a computer ribbon cable -- a flat, 2D ribbon of wires stuck together, such as an IDE hard drive cable -- the brain is basically just a huge collection of ribbons ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...