The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Deep inside the brain, every thought and memory begins with a burst of electrical activity. For years, scientists have tried ...

The human brain must be able to link memory content to the circumstances in which it occurs. Researchers in Bonn have now discovered how the human brain uses two different groups of neurons to store ...

Bilal Haider receives funding from NIH and the Simons Foundation. Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped ...

Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bilal Haider, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Despite the nursery ...

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, found in children with a rare form of early dementia, disrupts a tiny loop ...

Securities.io maintains rigorous editorial standards and may receive compensation from reviewed links. We are not a registered investment adviser and this is not investment advice. Please view our ...

An axon in a developing brain is faced with a monumental challenge: finding its one perfect partner among billions of other neurons. The human brain contains roughly 100 trillion synapses, each the ...

Group picture: from left to right: Neus Sanfeliu-Cerdán, Frederic Català-Castro, and Michael Krieg at their laboratory at ICFO. Credit: ICFO. How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the ...