Moderate ultraviolet light exposure boosts the brainpower of mice thanks to increased production of the neurotransmitter glutamate.  

Brain organoids engineered to carry the genetic material could reveal how our brains are similar to and different from those of our closest relatives.

Using different combinations of transcription factors, researchers create a diverse array of neurons from mouse skin cells.

An algorithm trained to move through a virtual environment spontaneously generated patterns of activity found in so-called grid neurons.

A map of neural networks in the striatum of the mouse brain reveals clues about psychiatric and movement disorders.

Humans living in higher latitudes tend to have a variant of a gene involved in sensing cold temperatures, but it comes with a cost.  

Normal brain function may have evolved to depend on gut microbes and their metabolites.

A junk mail filter can learn to pick out six behaviors of hydras by analyzing hours of video footage.

The organs showed neural activity for up to 36 hours, adding fuel to discussions about the ethics of future neuroscientific research.

The flow of calcium and potassium ions keeps muscles contracting in the diaphragms of neonatal mice, but if a key protein receptor is missing, fatigue sets in more quickly.