Neurons

New research in social bats raises the intriguing possibility that evolution can reprogram the brain’s “place cells,” which are typically associated with location, to encode all kinds of environmental information.

For decades, researchers have debated whether brain cells called astrocytes can signal like neurons. Researchers recently published the best evidence yet that some astrocytes are part of the electrical conversation.

Sticking out your tongue while doing delicate work with your hands reveals a history of evolutionary relationships.

The reshuffling of neurons during fruit fly metamorphosis suggests that larval memories don’t persist in adults.

To buffer the brain against menaces in the blood, a dynamic, multi-tiered system of protection is built into the brain’s blood vessels.

Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.

After decades of frustration, researchers have determined how an airborne scent molecule links to a human smell receptor.

“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm’s nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability.

The critical brain hypothesis suggests that neural networks do their best work when connections are not too weak or too strong.