Researchers reveal that the birth of new neurons in adults plays a key role in learning. This discovery overturns our understanding of human cognitive mechanisms. The brain, the conductor of our ...

While the brain typically reaches a mature state of development in early adulthood, the internal processes that make and remake the brain—the birth of new neurons and death of old ones ...

Mirror neurons received significant media attention in the 2000s and were painted by some scientists as the key to many of our advanced social abilities. However, many of the more significant ...

Neurons are cells found in your brain and central nervous system that tell your body how to behave. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Interestingly, your gut contains ...

As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns. For over 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) researchers have developed a neuromorphic photonic semiconductor neuron ...

If you've ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study ...