New research from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) reveals how two different parts of the brain's memory ...

How do neurons transport proteins? A new study reveals that Kinesin-2 motor subtypes regulate cargo specificity.

Intracellular transport is a vital process that allows cells to move proteins and other molecules to specific locations. This ...

Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal's brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have ...

Researchers pinpointed the purpose of mysterious heart neurons in mice—and humans have them, too When you get up out of a chair, your blood pressure instantly increases to compensate for the movement ...

Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal's brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have scientists been able to discern how actions emerge from this interaction. A new ...

With a new model of the brain region essential to memory formation, from cells to whole-brain networks, the team hopes to ...

How does the brain create mental images? A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code.

By recording brain activity directly, scientists showed that imagining an object can revive parts of the neural pattern used ...

Researchers at Tohoku University and Future University Hakodate have trained cultured rat cortical neurons to perform ...