Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial ...

Researchers discover the SELK neuron, a single-cell decision-maker in fruit flies that weighs sweet vs. bitter signals to determine whether to eat or flee.

Neuronal Type Assignment from Connectivity (NTAC) transforms a connectome into a graph, and detects neuron types using ...

Scientists created an artificial neuron that operates at the same voltage as living cells and is able to communicate with the human brain.

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and taught it how to play a doomsday video game — and are ...

New treatments for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and motor neuron disease (MND) could be unlocked thanks to microscopic medicines developed by researchers at the University ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). This disease causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the protective ...

Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built ...

Neuron, Cell Press’s prestigious neuroscience journal, is publishing a special issue on aging research on January 8, 2025. The collection of reviews and perspectives reflects the progress made in ...

There are a number of companies, including Aspen, advancing cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.