How complex neural circuits are genetically designed and wired is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Scientists have ...

Scientists use machine learning and SPERRFY to decode the genetic wiring map that guides neural connections across the entire ...

Sensory Experience Shapes a Growing Brain: Regulation of Sensory-Dependent Circuit Refinement by TWEAK/Fn14 Cytokine Signaling from thescientistllc on Vimeo. Sensory experience sculpts neural ...

When it comes to brain cells, neurons get the most attention. Their central role in our thoughts, sensations and behaviors has captivated scientists. But neurons are only half the story: glia, ...

Neural circuits are refined by experience with higher plasticity at younger ages. Non-neuronal brain cells, known as astrocytes, were previously seen as passive support cells, but recent research has ...

The thalamus is a 'Grand Central Station' for sensory information coming to our brains. Almost every sight, sound, taste and touch travels to our brain's cortex via the thalamus. Researchers now ...

In embryonic stages, tactile stimuli simultaneously activate tactile and visual neural pathways. Shortly after birth, both pathways reorganize to allow separate processing of touch and vision. Waves ...

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can experience severe side effects that persist long after treatments end. A new study has found a novel pathway for understanding why these debilitating ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Animals sense the world around them using specialized sensory neurons that are wired into circuits that process sensory ...

Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal’s brain and its sensory surroundings. In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience titled, “Neural sequences underlying directed ...