The brain’s cognitive capabilities, including perception, reasoning, learning, and decision-making, arise from the complex interplay among neuronal circuits. These circuits possess topologies and ...

Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? If we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, would it matter? One of the most useful models for studying these questions is ...

McGill University researchers have developed a light-detecting nanoscale structure that mimics how a neuron processes ...

Cortical neurons projecting to the same target area may form specialized population codes to transmit information, but whether and how they do so remains unclear. We used calcium imaging in mouse ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is ...

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Over the years, I have taught my copy of ...