Those are the sounds that Professors David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel heard in the early 1950s when they recorded from neurons in the visual cortex of a cat, as they moved a bright line across its ...

Think humans have the best brains? Think again! Explore how other animals have adapted to their environments in this series of infographics by Kayleen Schreiber of the Knowing Neurons team about Weird ...

Weight trainers often espouse the “mind-muscle connection”. But what actually happens to the brain during strength training? Surprisingly, even a few weeks of weight training alter the nervous system, ...

It is that time of the year again. Whilst the Southern Hemisphere is coping with the sweltering heat of the summer, cold is sweeping across the rest of the globe, bringing with it snowfalls, violent ...

In Knowing Neuron’s March infographic, Sumana Shrestha goes over the types of Central Nervous System tumors. Click here to learn more! Sumana Shrestha is a PhD student at the Institute of Cancer ...

They recorded electrical current from neurons in two connected brain regions that are involved with negative emotions related to alcohol withdrawal, such as anxiety Stacy is a Ph.D. student in the ...

Imagine if scientists could control specific brain functions with the ease of flipping a switch. This vision is closer than ever, thanks to chemogenetics—a tool that allows scientists to precisely ...

How much of your brain are you using right now? The science fiction answer would be “10%.” And, if you’ve watched enough bad sci-fi, using 100% of your brain would unlock your full intellectual and ...

As spooky season descends upon us, it’s intriguing to explore the connections between neuroscience and a Halloween classic: the zombie. While the introduction of zombism to fiction can be attributed ...

Johanna Mayer is a PhD student at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden working on autophagy-mediated secretory mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease. Her PhD project is part of the EU-funded Marie ...

Rock climbing is as much a puzzle as it is a sport. Anyone could guess that climbing requires a unique combination of athletic skills: muscular power to lift against gravity, balance and coordination ...

Why have poets written about the pain of heartbreak for centuries? Heartbreak, as well as other kinds of social rejection, is largely a universal feeling: we have all been left out on the playground, ...