New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

In AD, synaptic plasticity, the brain’s ability to regulate the strength of synaptic connections between neurons, is significantly disrupted. This worsens over time, reducing cognitive and memory ...

Scientists have discovered novel drug candidates which could ultimately lead to new effective treatments for conditions ...

The same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk toward the smell of rotting fruit and speed up, according to new research from Yale scientists. Neurobiologists once believed that each neuron held a ...

Technology Feature Published: October 2009 Getting inside their minds Michael Eisenstein Nature Methods 6, 773–781 (2009) Cite this article ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start-it becomes refined by what ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors ...

Right, isolated neuron obtained with the Deiters microdissection technique, using thin needles under the microscope (courtesy of G. Merico).

By turning standard images into precise 3D measurements, the FiLM-Scope could expand what’s possible in both manual and robotic microsurgery. Its flexible, data-rich imaging could also be valuable in ...