Johns Hopkins researchers used cryo-electron microscopy to study how glutamate opens AMPA receptors, which control brain ...

It reveals the versatility of atoms trapped as vapors ... that surrounds the planet. Your own brain also emits tiny pulses of magnetic energy every time a neuron fires. But measuring what ...

Researchers used advanced cryo-electron microscopy to capture atomic-level images of how glutamate, a key neurotransmitter, opens channels in brain cells.

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages ... Scientists have long known that a major molecule responsible for neuron-to-neuron communications is the neurotransmitter ...

Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists show that neurons are capable of changing from one type to ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of artificial neuron—called infomorphic neurons—that can independently learn and self-organize with nearby neurons, mimicking the decentralized learning of ...

A new technique reveals cells’ precise locations and functions in the brain. Its developers have already used it to identify a previously unknown neuron type. Dan is a News Editor at The Scientist. He ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages ... Scientists have long known that a major molecule responsible for neuron-to-neuron communications is the neurotransmitter ...