For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to pinpoint the neural underpinnings of behavior and decision-making. Past ...

The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across ...

Neurons are the specialized cells that allow our bodies to transmit impulses, like factories that process inputs. They send ...

For the first time, an electrical communication has just been established between a living nerve cell and its artificial ...

Our mushy brains seem a far cry from the solid silicon chips in computer processors, but scientists have a long history of comparing the two. As Alan Turing put it in 1952: “We are not interested in ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are major global causes of death. However, their ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial neuron capable of mimicking different parts of the brain.

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By ...