Human dendrites have different electrical properties from those of other species, a new study reveals. Researchers report electrical signals weaken more as they flow along human dendrites, allowing small sections of dendrites to behave independently from the rest of the neuron.
Researchers have identified a novel role the RGS14 protein plays in limiting synaptic plasticity.
A new study provides additional insight into how the brain stores and encodes new information.
Results from a new study implicate the ventromedial thalamus in cost-benefit decision making.
The thickness of the brain's neocortex influences how individual neurons process information, a new study reveals.
Researchers solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: how progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, the seat of cognition and executive function in the mature brain.
Abnormal activation of parvalbumin neurons in the young mouse auditory cortex manifests as a result of maternal neglect.
Disruptions in an inhibitory brain circuit between the thalamus and prefrontal cortex may underlie cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia.
A new study helps further understanding on how the brain processes visual information.
GABAergic interneuron excitation is essential for network activity in the hippocampus of the fetal brain.
A highly toxic form of amyloid beta disrupts the normal function of mitochondria, researchers report.
Area 32, a region of the anterior cingulate, balances activity from cognitive and emotional areas of the primate brain.