Some people carry the full molecular burden of Alzheimer’s disease, brains loaded with amyloid plaques and tangled tau ...

Scientists have created a new way to map how brain cells connect by assigning each neuron a unique molecular “barcode.” Using this approach, they were able to trace connections among thousands of ...

New research has identified a key step in how neurons encode information on timescales that match learning. New research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience published this week in ...

On the same day, researchers announced two major neuroscience advances: a chemical method to make living brain tissue temporarily transparent and a flexible, printed device that mimics neuron firing.

As animals experience new things, the connections between neurons, called synapses, strengthen or weaken in response to events and the activity they cause in the brain. Neuroscientists believe that ...

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 ...

Mentor: Dawn Blitz, Ph.D. Central pattern generators (CPGs) are the neural circuits responsible for rhythmic behaviors. Some activities may be spontaneously and perpetually active (e.g., breathing), ...

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