This image shows a subset of the more than 1,000 of the 120,000 brain cells (neuron + glia) reconstructed in the MICrONS Project. Image Credit: Allen Institute A revolutionary blueprint is emerging from a fragment of brain tissue,

Stanford-led researchers have developed a highly accurate AI-powered digital twin of the mouse visual cortex, trained on neural data from mice watching movies. This model can generalize responses to novel visual stimuli and predict neuron types and connections,

Summary: Touch is a vital sense, yet the brain processes active and passive touch using distinct pathways. In mice, researchers found that different regions of the thalamus—the brain’s sensory hub—respond uniquely depending on whether the animal actively explored with its whiskers or passively received a touch.

Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections.

For the first time, scientists have generated a functional neural pathway for sensing pain in a dish. This could help unravel mechanisms of pain disorders.

Though the sense of touch underlies how we and most other animals interact with the world around us, much remains unknown about how this sense is processed in the brain. Researchers from Heidelberg University and Ludwig Maximilian University Munich in Germany measured the neuronal activity differences between active touch and passive touch in mice.

The cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new avenues for the study of neurodegenerative diseases and the development of future autologous transplants.

CytoTronics, Inc., a pioneer of semiconductor-based platforms for discovery in cell biology, launched its Neural application for Pixel systems today. A pioneering innovation for neurodegenerative disease and neurotoxicity research, the application enables high-throughput screening for drug discovery at unprecedented scale.

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the presence of microglia in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and identified their crucial role in regulating neuronal soma size throughout evolution.

Neuroscientists have mapped the largest wiring diagram of a mammalian brain, revealing insights into its structure and function. Using mouse cerebral cortex tissue, they recorded neural activity, highlighting neuron connections.