Major scientific discoveries can arise from simple decisions: say, by simply looking where virtually no one else has. Such was the case for Ines Ibañez-Tallon, a research associate professor in the ...

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right ...

University of California, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that ...

University of California, Davis researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but ...

Scientists have long known those signals move from one neuron along fibers called axons and dendrites, using synapses to jump to the next neuron. But there’s less known about the networks of ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from 'The Matrix,' scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off ...

and functional electrical synapse connectivity) enable AFD sensory neurons to perform dual functions: detect stimuli and support context-dependent plasticity. This work expands our understanding of ...

The Brain Prize 2025 went to neuro-oncologists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler for pioneering the field of cancer neuroscience. RJ is a freelance science writer based in Glasgow. He covers biological ...

Scientists have long known those signals move from one neuron along fibers called axons and dendrites, using synapses to jump to the next neuron. But there’s less known about the networks of ...