Researchers use AI "digital twins" to discover a new type of neuron in the visual cortex that perceives complex textures and object arrangements.

Comprehensive mapping of wing sensory neurons in Drosophila reveals that some proprioceptors make direct connections onto flight steering motor neurons, enabling rapid feedback control during flight.

The visual cortex is the part of the brain that enables visual perception. In this area millions of nerve cells, called neurons, process stimuli from the outside world. They only react when objects ...

A mutation in the TDP-43 protein reduces the viability of motor neurons without triggering protein clumps, researchers found.

The team is led by Leanne Li of The Francis Crick Institute in London, England. Her research combines cancer biology and neuroscience to investigate how cancer communicates with peripheral nerves ...

New study reveals that 'SuperAgers' have brains that produce twice the number of young neurons, showing the brain's capacity to regenerate and resist cognitive decline.

A secondary stress signaling pathway in the response to optic axon injury is an unexpectedly strong contributor to both neurodegeneration and axon regenerative potential.

Arshad Majid receives funding from the National Institute of Health research (NIHR) EME Programme for the TRICEPS trial which is investigating tVNS in stroke recovery. The vagus nerve has quietly ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation Katie Edwards is Commissioning Editor for Health and Medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Arshad Majid ...

I’m not opposed to meditation. I’ve tried it in most of its modern forms: guided, silent, app-led, and instructor-guided. I’ve done it lying on the floor, sitting upright, accompanied by candles or ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron disease and damaged in spinal injuries. Their study, published today in ...

Take a look at gameplay and more from Neuron Activation in this trailer for the upcoming frantic rhythm-puzzle game filled with micro-challenges. Push buttons, flip switches, shoot targets and more in ...