Super-resolution microscopes have revealed a whole new type of connection between neurons in mouse and human brains. In the ...

Scientists at Linköping University have created a highly compact artificial neuron from conductive plastics that replicates ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

While the Milky Way has more stars than the brain has neurons, the manifold connections and interactions in the brain make it arguably more complex. Source: theartofsounds2001 | Pixabay The human ...

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other through synapses—connection points that allow the passage of electrical and ...