Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...
In a study published in Science on October 17, a team led by Prof. BI Guoqiang from the University of Science and Technology of China/Shenzhen ...
Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections ...
A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.
Time-resolved cryo-ET uncovered a unified mechanism of synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis, reshaping our understanding of brain signaling and disease.
A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved ...
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 ...
Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 9. Prize winners Arvid Carlsson, ...
Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients' skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the ...
Development of robotic device for pain and somatosensory assays in rodents allows remote, quantitative, and reproducible delivery of mechanical stimuli.
Researchers have pinpointed specific brain cells that control how animals react to social defeat, offering new insight into the biology of dominance and submission.