Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the ...

Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. Hearing lets us perceive the same word even when spoken at different speeds or pitches, and also gives us extra sensitivity to ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

MIT scientists find that motor neuron growth increased significantly over 5 days in response to biochemical (left) and mechanical (right) signals related to exercise. The green ball represents cluster ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Juntendo University have identified a previously unknown structural domain in ...

A new computer simulation of how our brains develop and grow neurons has been built. Along with improving our understanding of how the brain works, researchers hope that the models will contribute to ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

There is such a specialized, complex network of neurons serving the gut that it is sometimes referred to as out second brain.

Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). are very different diseases, they have ...

Dopamine is often called the brain's "motivation molecule," but for me, it represents something deeper, a window into how ...

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