Researchers challenge the long-standing "neural independence" theory, showing that learning actually makes neurons more coordinated.

Florida Atlantic University has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how an immune-related receptor in neurons plays a fundamental role in brain function ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism. The study suggests that nitric oxide, a tiny signaling molecule normally ...

Scientists train living human brain cells on a chip to play the video game Doom in a breakthrough biocomputing experiment.

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

Few games have been meme-ified quite like Doom, and in the past, many have capitalized on the joke. Scientists have gotten E.

A structural protein best known for building the internal scaffolding of cells may double as a natural defense against the ...

Scientists have mapped a direct link between a common brain gas and the hyperactive cell growth often seen in autism. Protecting a specific protein from this gas normalized behavior in animal models ...

We turn clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, but should we? Jessica Ferrell, a NEOMED professor, discusses her research on the ...

Stress is often seen as harmful, but a neurobiologist said it actually plays an important role in helping humans survive. However, problems can arise when the body’s stress response stays active for ...

A team at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a specific liver-produced enzyme that explains, at the molecular level, how physical exercise protects the aging brain from ...