When probes are inserted into the brain for research or clinical purposes, the electrical activity of neurons is recorded. These signals can be used to understand how the brain performs certain ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought that they are settled into one subtype once they develop from stem cells, ...

A decades-old challenge in neuroscience has been solved by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the electrical signatures of different types of brain cells for the first time, as part ...

Our brain cells serve as the building blocks of every thought, feeling, and physical action we've ever had — and yet the brain is still our most mysterious organ. Now, scientists may have a new ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through genomic mapping of post-mortem brain tissue, they found major differences in ...

Whether speaking, driving or playing an instrument, nearly everything we do requires precise control over the timing of our actions. When we learn new skills, we must learn not only what movements to ...

Brain scans are giving doctors fresh ammunition to argue that ADHD needs a rewrite. A large imaging study of 446 children diagnosed with the disorder, published in JAMA Psychiatry, points to three ...

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...