MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection.

The ability to analyze the brain's neural connectivity is emerging as a key foundation for brain-computer interface (BCI) ...

NYU Langone researchers identified the connections between neurons that store sensory details and keep memories stable, ...

Even the simplest networks of neurons in the brain are composed of millions of connections, and examining these vast networks is critical to understanding how the brain works. An international team of ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

Zebrafish, photographed with confocal microscope. The brain region that controls eye movement is structurally similar in fish and mammals, but the zebrafish system contains only 500 neurons, making it ...

In the brain of a singular fruit fly, nerve cells weave themselves together, enabling flight, mating, eating, sleeping and every other activity of her fly life. Now, in nine papers published October 2 ...