Researchers discovered that a circular RNA is crucial for synapse development and plasticity in the mouse visual system.

In a study published in Science on October 17, a team led by Prof. BI Guoqiang from the University of Science and Technology of China/Shenzhen ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Wiring up the brain's trillions of circuit connections is an enormous job performed by a huge crew of molecules. Among the less understood members are circular RNAs, transcripts from DNA that assume a ...

UVA researcher Ashley Brandebura helped uncover how a missing brain molecule may hold promise for treating Down syndrome.

A clinical trial from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that two widely available medications, the diabetes ...

A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved ...

A new study offers hope for brain cancer patients facing memory loss from radiotherapy. By blocking a single immune receptor, ...

A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 9. Prize winners Arvid Carlsson, ...

Our research shows a simple way to make the next wave of AI hardware more efficient by improving electrolyte-based organic ...