Neurons communicate with each other by passing millisecond-long signals across tiny junctions called synapses. Experiences ...

Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning.

Worley was part of a team that showed how the loss of one of the two proteins used in the test disrupts synapses and leads to ...

New structural markers of memory storage uncovered by Scripps Research may pave the way for new treatments for memory loss.

Studies show that the human brain is, by and large, more energy-efficient than electronic processors, thanks to almost 90 billion neurons that form some 100 trillion connections with each other, and ...

Reviewed by Lexie CornerApr 1 2025 Researchers at the Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, have ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

A brain-reading implant that translates neural signals into audible speech has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear what ...

A “Goldilocks” measure of green space might help stave off dementia, but an excess could lead to cognitive decline ...

Researchers put forward a comprehensive model outlining the conditions that may give rise to the vivid mental phenomena that ...