Researchers from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences have uncovered the first example of activity-dependent development of hypothalamic neural circuitry. Although previous ...

Summary: Researchers discovered how the brain develops reliable visual processing once the eyes open. Early on, visual inputs and modular brain responses are mismatched, creating inconsistent patterns ...

A spinal cord injury in most vertebrates likely inhibits locomotion and induces paralysis—not so in eels. They not only ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This reliability allows the brain to recognize the same object each time it is seen. Our ...

Protocadherins, a subfamily within the cadherin superfamily, are fundamental to the precise organisation of neural circuits. They contribute to cell adhesion mechanisms that underlie synaptic ...

It was found that eels use sensory signals from their bodies, such as stretch and pressure, to adapt to their environment.

Netrin1 is a protein that was first characterized for its axon guidance activities during embryonic development. The netrin family has been shown to play many critical roles in developmental and ...

Artificial intelligence is now part of our daily lives, with the subsequent pressing need for larger, more complex models.

An international research team has shown that lung cancer cells can form functional synapses with neurons, effectively ...

Anxiety and depression are major global mental health challenges. Current treatments offer relief but remain unsatisfactory. New research reveals how stress, brain circuits, and genes interact, ...