Scientists characterized the largest sample of a neural circuit to date to improve artificial intelligence models and better ...

A team of researchers based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the United States) has tried to shed light on the ...

Scientists have known for years that a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina that allow us to see -- but it's been a mystery how the intricate structure is created. Now, researchers ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new approach that directly combats the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...

Labeled micrographs of human neurons exposed to amyloid-beta proteins and either left untreated (left) or treated with the new nanotherapy developed at Northwestern (right). Dead neurons are stained ...

Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...

Neurons are highly specialized cells, and their proper functioning depends on preserving their identity throughout life. A ...