Neurons never sit still for long. Receptors move in and out of the cell surface. Signals surge, fade, then surge again. Beneath that activity, a fine lattice made of actin and spectrin quietly lines ...

Mouse primary motor and somatosensory cortices contain detailed information about the many time-varying arm and paw joint ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them - signaling molecules, nutrients, even ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have developed a digital replica of crucial eye cells, providing a new tool ...

University of Missouri researchers are developing new ways to better simulate the complex nature of human brain tissue. For ...

Neural crest cells are a population of stem cells that invade the embryo in early development. They play a big role in what you look like: the pigments of your eyes, of your skin, and the bone ...

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

An efficient neural screening approach rapidly identifies circuit modules governing distinct behavioral transitions in response to pathogen exposure.

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

What is connectomics? The field comprehensively mapping connections between synapses to reshape what we know about the brain.