New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

Research shows that neurogenesis, collateral sprouting, synaptogenesis, exercise, and an enriched complex housing environment ...

Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether ...

Since digital spiking signals can carry rich information and propagate with low computational consumption, spiking neural networks (SNNs) have received great attention from neuroscientists and are ...

For the first time, a novel amorphous-Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide (a-IGZO) anti-ferroelectric field-effect transistor (AFeFET)-based leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neuron is experimentally demonstrated, ...

An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

In AD, synaptic plasticity, the brain’s ability to regulate the strength of synaptic connections between neurons, is significantly disrupted. This worsens over time, reducing cognitive and memory ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

The protein is linked to a type of muscular dystrophy Jennifer Jahncke, Ph.D. (left), a postdoctoral scholar working in the ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...