Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if the reason for our cognitive abilities isn’t in the electrical activity of ...

Identification of tunnels connecting neurons in the developing brain Date: April 19, 2023 Source: Institut Pasteur Summary: Over a hundred years after the discovery of the neuron by neuroanatomist ...

A controversial theory suggests that brain microtubules could contain quantum phenomena, linking your consciousness to the ...

Now, she and HMS collaborators have filled in a piece of the puzzle by providing the first look at the types of neurons in the brain that connect to gliomas. Findings are reported Dec. 4 in ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

Princeton scientists uncover how brain cells coordinate decisions, offering insight into mental health and cognitive function.

A human neuron can extend from one side of the brain to the other, or between the brain and spinal cord. A giraffe or whale neuron can be larger still. 3D rendering of the 75k neurons in the fly ...

Single neuron recordings are otherwise only done in rodent or primate models because brain surgery is never without risks, and those are not risks we usually ask humans to take without extremely ...

The human brain is an amazing organ. It controls memory and learning, the senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch), and emotion. It also controls other parts of the body, including muscles ...

In brain science terms, that’s extraordinarily high. ... Another paper in the set found confirmation of an existing theory that “like connects like” within neuron structures.