New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...

For example, scientists have often thought that neurons follow what are called Hebbian rules, where neurons that consistently fire together, wire together.

Additionally, neurons were more likely to fire bursts after long silent periods, introducing a time-dependent element to how information is encoded.

A Florida Atlantic University study shows that astrocytes, glial cells long viewed as passive, actively influence brain ...

Humans think — AI, not so much. Science explains why our brains aren’t just fancy computers New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence ...

Discover how neuromorphic computing mimics the brain to deliver ultra-efficient, adaptive AI for edge devices, robotics, ...

It seems like such a simple task, but there are so many complexities in the brain with how neurons fire and interact, and how that guides and impacts behaviors. It’s just really interesting. Why don’t ...

To better model how neurons fire and interact with glia, some scientists place the cells into a brain or grow them in an organoid. Others have produced little spheres of human neural tissue by ...

The Australian-developed machine, a biocomputer marketed for research purposes, uses living neural tissue integrated with ...