A small device that senses light and reacts like a brain cell could change how machines see and think. Built at the nanoscale ...

After the storm comes the calm. But contrary to the famous proverb, the brain's neurons enter a period of calm before the ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has introduced a novel machine learning method for analyzing how the brain organizes ...

Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly complicated processes. They make it possible to think, walk, speak, and breathe.

A new study reveals that single human brain cells possess remarkable computational power compared to those of rodents.

Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how ...

For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary ...