Scientists have discovered how stress can lead to serious mental health problems. To better understand the function of type I ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

A biologically grounded computational model built to mimic real neural circuits, not trained on animal data, learned a visual categorization task just as actual lab animals do, matching their accuracy ...

Learn more about the “glue sniffer” protein, which is able to detect brain cells’ incoming chemical signals, and what that ...

Neuroscientists have long listened to the brain’s electrical spikes, but those loud crackles are only the final output of a ...

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

A new protein sensor lets researchers see incoming brain signals, revealing how neurons process information tied to memory ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.