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Electricity sparks neuronal diversity during brain development

To understand how neuronal circuits emerge during development, researchers investigated what enables neuronal stem cells to generate successive subtypes of neurons as the embryo grows. By measuring the electrical activity, they found that membrane volt…

Can scientists leverage mysterious mossy cells for brain disease treatments?

Scientists showed that ‘mossy cells’ in the hippocampus regulate local stem cells to control their production of new neurons, which is important for normal learning and memory, stress response, and mood regulation. Such neurogenesis in the adult brain …

Traumatic brain injury: Discovery of two molecules could lead to new drug treatments

After 10 years of research, a team of scientists has identified two molecules that protect nerve cells after a traumatic brain injury and could lead to new drug treatments. The molecules promote full recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice.

Neurobiology: Finding one’s way home

The otic placode gives rise to the inner ear in vertebrates. A new study shows that even when it is transplanted to ectopic positions, the nerve cells that grow out of the transplanted ear can form functional connections in the brain.

Cancer cells destroyed with two antipsychotic drugs

A new study shows that the antipsychotics perphenazine and fluphenazine can successfully destroy cancer cells in cell cultures and rodents.

Unconventional connections: How inhibition hones cortical selectivity

Researchers have discovered a fundamentally new role for inhibition in the visual cortex, refining how neurons encode object motion.

Brain activity cautions against buying stocks

Despite long-term profit expectations, many people shy away from investing their money in supposedly riskier forms of investment. Why? Scientists have now developed a model that makes real-life stock buying behavior comprehensible for the first time. T…

A new milestone in laboratory grown human brain tissue

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study. The research demonstrates how to grow brain ‘organoids’ — self-organi…

Brain stimulation could improve memory while you sleep

Using a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, researchers demonstrated that nocturnal stimulation could enhance memory consolidation during sleep.

Widespread connections among neurons help the brain distinguish smells

Organization — or lack of it — in brain’s piriform cortex allows us to differentiate one smell from another.