What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new study has introduced a method that does exactly this—not just by looking at ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...

In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a new study. In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve ...

TREM2 created quite the buzz at this year’s AD/PD meeting, held April 1-5 in Vienna. In the wake of a TREM2 agonist’s demise, scientists presented optimistic findings from early phase trials of a ...

Scientists have created a single artificial neuron that can mimic activity from different regions of the brain, marking a step toward machines that sense and respond to the world like humans. The ...

What goes wrong first in the Alzheimer’s disease brain? Scientists led by Marc Aurel Busche of the U.K. Dementia Research Institute at University College London may have an answer. In the May 7 Neuron ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

Detecting Alzheimer's well before memory problems become apparent: a research team now provides elements to achieve this by ...

Forgoing sleep to watch one more episode of the latest show, to read one more chapter of a thrilling book, or even to pull an all-nighter, is not uncommon. But sleep deprivation can catch up to people ...