Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

While probing the escape reflex in the fruit fly Drosophila, researchers at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the ...

Researchers identify two key proteins that allow chandelier cells to connect with excitatory neurons. This "handshake" regulates brain signals and, when disrupted, may lead to epilepsy or autism.

Dopamine plays a more complex and precise role in brain function than previously thought: it not only enhances neural ...

Every moment, the brain balances signals that unfold at different speeds. Some arrive in milliseconds, such as a sudden sound ...

Schizophrenia has long been one of medicine’s most puzzling conditions, with genetics offering tantalizing clues but an ...

M. Carmen Varela, BSc, BA, explains how a novel human organoid model enables large-scale production of PV interneurons.

Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. ("Encoded"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines for severe neurological disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...