Biocomputing research is testing living neurons for computation as scientists look for energy-efficient alternatives to ...

Lung cancer tumor cells in mice communicate with the brain, sending signals to deactivate the body’s immune response, a study ...

Daniele Canzio, PhD, of the Department of Neurology and Balyn Zaro, PhD, of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry have ...

How does origami-like DNA affect brain development? How do cancer-immune cell interactions prevent immune cell activity in tumors?Two breakthrough ...

Some older male rats prefer familiarity over new social situations. Manipulating how their neurons communicate with a ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way ...

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right side can, after a turn, become a headwind. To stay on course, the fly's ...

Understanding how the brain processes information remains one of science’s toughest challenges. Every thought, memory, and decision relies on neurons exchanging chemical messages at incredible speed.

Summary: Researchers have engineered a next-generation glutamate sensor, iGluSnFR4, capable of detecting the faintest incoming synaptic signals between neurons—signals that, until now, have been ...