Researchers have engineered a next-generation glutamate sensor, iGluSnFR4, capable of detecting the faintest incoming ...

Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication ...

Whether picking up a small object like a pen or coordinating different body parts, the cerebellum in the brain performs essential functions for controlling our movement. Researchers investigated how a ...

Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of Edinburgh have discovered that a little-understood junction that connects neurons to oligodendrocyte precursor cells ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, working in collaboration with Johns Hopkins ...

Ten years ago, three research teams published a breakthrough — the first description of the molecular mechanism for transduction in fingertip sensory Merkel cells that can transduce gentle touch, a ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their ...

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Memories are created in a matter of seconds. Memories are created in a matter of seconds. From the moment the brain receives a sensory input (i.e. sight, sound, smell, etc.), neurons across the brain ...