When this potential passes a threshold value, the impulse is passed on. But below the threshold for a spike, a neuron’s action potential randomly fluctuates in a similar way to classical Brownian ...

In the 1987 classic film "RoboCop," the deceased Detroit cop Alex Murphy is reborn as a cyborg. He has a robotic body and a ...

A warning sign of cognitive decline is an older dog with an established history of being house-trained who starts urinating ...

New research highlights how the brain’s own chemistry can suppress pain, explaining why severely injured individuals, like ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section of a mammalian brain. This feat, part of the MICrONS Project, rivals the ...

Huang and colleagues examined neural responses in mouse anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) during a discrimination-avoidance task. The authors present useful findings that ACC neurons encode primarily ...

Despite significant advancements in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) management, unmet needs persist, especially for patients ...

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought ...

Scientists have created the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, mapping every cell and synapse in a cubic millimeter of a mouse’s visual cortex.

A paper published March 19 in the journal Neuron describes what exactly goes ... brain called the nucleus accumbens, which modulates action, motivation, and reward pathways. Within this structure ...