Scientists identify protein that allows brain cells to dampen their sensitivity

Connections are properly ‘rewired,’ recognized, say researchers

Sensorimotor neurons in central complex encode for movements

New technique to selectively and noninvasively turn on groups of neurons in worms could be boon to science and medicine

The new approach shows how cells in the spinal cord synchronize many neurons at once to allow complex movements

A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch that regulates a protein implicated in the neurobiology of synaptic plasticity. The agent promises to shed new light on the phenomenology of learning, memory and neurodegeneration.

Researchers identify neural signature of tunnel vision

Newly discovered nerve cells trigger locomotion and deliver information on movement velocity to the spatial memory systems

Scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make adult sensory neurons from human patients simply by having them roll up their sleeve and providing a blood sample. 

Chewing, breathing, and other regular bodily functions that we undertake “without thinking” actually do require the involvement of our brain, but the question of how the brain programs such regular functions intrigues scientists. A team lead by Arlette Kolta, a professor at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Dentistry, has shown that astrocytes play a key role.