Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but set in stone; how we think, feel, reason, and understand the world changes ...

along with more than three miles of microscopic wiring — axons and smaller dendrites — and 523 million synapses connecting ...

Later generations of scientists worked out many of the details of how a neuron sends a spike of voltage down a long arm, called an axon. Each axon makes contact with tiny branches, or dendrites ...

Scientists have long known those signals move from one neuron along fibers called axons and dendrites, using synapses to jump to the next neuron. But there’s less known about the networks of ...

A revolutionary blueprint is emerging from a fragment of brain tissue, promising new insights into the mysteries of the human mind. At the heart of this innovation is NEURD—short for “NEURal ...

Scientists have long known those signals move from one neuron along fibers called axons and dendrites, using synapses to jump to the next neuron. But there’s less known about the networks of ...

Scientists have long known those signals move from one neuron, along fibers called axons and dendrites, using synapses to jump to the next neuron. But there is less known about the networks of ...