neuroscience

Neurological disorders often have sex biases, and these differences could be due to altered protein expression in the brain.

A colorful mosaic that maps the positions and roles of cells in the mouse brain offers insights into its functional complexities.

Neuroscientist Siniša Hrvatin explores how animals initiate and regulate states of dormancy.

In rats, motherhood leaves long-term biological signatures in a brain region that is crucial for learning and memory.

With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.

Neurons linked to metabolic processes slow aging in mice.

An endoplasmic reticulum associated protein holds mitochondria in place in dendrites. This spatial stabilization possibly provides a local energy source for synaptic plasticity. 

The brain works hard to keep the body warm in cold weather, but a drop in core temperature can cause troublesome chemical changes.

Low salt intake during pregnancy in mice influences the pruning of extra synapses of the taste circuit later in life.

Scientists are a step closer to uncovering the neural changes that underlie sustained mental states.

Grace Lindsay explains machine learning and describes how artificial neural networks mimic the architecture of brain neurons to learn from and process data.

Elissavet Chartampila meticulously crafted handwritten labels for her lab tools. Little did she know that some labels last forever.

Paola Arlotta seeks to understand the complex symphony of brain development in vitro by using organoid models.

Researchers await the outcome of an ongoing investigation into dozens of instances of alleged image problems spanning 29 publications over a period of 23 years.