Inside the brain is a dense network of neurons that receive, process, and relay information. The synapse, where neurons meet, ...

Electron microscopy sits at the core of connectomics as the most reliable technique for resolving synapses and wiring at the nanometer scale. However, acquiring such vast datasets is time-consuming ...

Scientists have found a way to map the intricate patterns of cells in mouse brain tissue with an off-the-shelf light microscope, using a trick that inflates a tiny sample to 16 times its original size ...

Novel ultrafast electron microscopy technique advances understanding of processes applicable to brain-like computing Charge density waves have applications in next-generation and energy-efficient ...

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...

A new study reveals how partial subunit binding locks the brain's most common kainate receptor into a permanently open state.

To function properly, neurons need to recycle cellular waste before it becomes toxic. When neurons can no longer do that, ...

For decades, textbooks told students the human brain held roughly 100 billion neurons and that glial cells outnumbered them ...