Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

Neurons in the wrong place in the brain can still carry out their normal functions, a new study finds, challenging long-held ...

The mini review brings together emerging evidence showing that glial cells actively influence disease progression and ...

The brain’s rules seem simple: Fire together, wire together. When groups of neurons activate, they become interconnected. This networking is how we learn, reason, form memories, and adapt to our world ...

A new ‘biomimetic’ model of brain circuits and function at multiple scales produced naturalistic dynamics and learning, and even identified curious behavior by some neurons that had gone unnoticed in ...

The autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of internal organs such as the heart and gut, serving as a connection ...