The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

You’re seeing hundreds of images mosaic together to encompass the whole fly brain from tip to tip.” On a large monitor, the ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for ...

A new study published in Nature reveals how olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) achieve extraordinary precision in selecting ...

A recent review in npj 2D Materials and Applications highlights how 2D materials like MoS2 and graphene are enabling ...

Synapses in the early and final stages of morphological differentiation were investigated by using animals aged between 11 and 15 days postnatal (P11–15) and P40–57, respectively 1,27,28.