A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

As artificial intelligence and smart devices continue to evolve, machine vision is taking an increasingly pivotal role as a ...

The top half of this image depicts the proposed artificial synapse made using dye-sensitized solar cells. The plot shows the bipolar voltage response of the synapse depending on the wavelength of ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

You’re seeing hundreds of images mosaic together to encompass the whole fly brain from tip to tip.” On a large monitor, the ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

Researchers have proposed a new hypothesis for how astrocytes contribute to memory storage, helping to explain the brain's ...

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...