In Nature Communications, a research team affiliated with UNIST present a fully biodegradable, robust, and energy-efficient ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

A vesicle, only a few nanometers in size and filled with neurotransmitters, approaches a cell membrane, fuses with it, and ...

Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to ...

In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...

Erin Clabough was heading east on Virginia’s Interstate 64 Monday just after noon when she picked up her phone. She was in the passenger seat of her blue Jeep Cherokee, heading to Virginia Beach for ...

The Chinese news outlet XinhuaNet reported on Saturday that Chinese engineers unveiled what they call a brain-like computer, dubbed Darwin Monkey, that they say can mimic the workings of a monkey’s ...

An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Francesca Santoro and Dr. Valeria Criscuolo from the Institute of Biological Information Processing – Bioelectronics at Forschungszentrum Jülich, in ...

Instant synapse visualization with our fluorescence probe. A diagram showing that the fluorescent probe can visualize AMPA receptors on synapses by sprinkling. There are few scientific methods more ...

The microscopic image shows a nerve cell and a magnified view of the investigated synapses. Calcium was released at these sites using a UV flash, which triggered the release of the neurotransmitter.

Watching his father suffer from the progression of early-onset dementia motivated CEO Derek Small to eventually co-found Syndeio Biosciences. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Syndeio Biosciences sees ...

(NewsNation) — A recent study has found that rosemary and sage may have a positive impact on brain health and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The study released in the Antioxidants journal ...