Discover how neuroscience is driving advances in robotics, enabling machines to learn, adapt, and move more like biological systems.
During sleep, the brain produces growth hormone to help build muscle and bone and reduce fat. UC Berkeley research in mice reveals the brain circuits that regulate growth hormone release, along with a ...
In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Professor Alexei Verkhratsky dismantles decades of neuroscience orthodoxy with discoveries that position neuroglia as active ...
MANCHESTER, UK, 26 August 2025 -- In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Professor Alexei Verkhratsky dismantles decades of neuroscience orthodoxy with discoveries ...
How do psychedelics help people heal from depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health challenges? While much attention has been paid to neurochemical mechanisms, a simple ski analogy — ...
Motivation Homeostatic network plasticity is a key regulatory mechanism for fine-tuning network activity. 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), which is commonly used to model epilepsy in vitro and in vivo has ...
Abstract: Inspired by the functionality of biological neural networks, scientists have been continuously developing various computer models, with spiking neural networks emerging as the most ...
What are the three modes of neurotransmission, and how do they differ in terms of temporal coupling with action potentials? There are three modes of neurotransmission: stimulation-dependent release ...
The drug came to AstraZeneca through its acquisition of CinCor Pharma in 2023, with the hopes of beefing up its cardiovascular and kidney disease pipelines. AstraZeneca’s $1.3 billion gamble on CinCor ...
To satisfy the incessant energy demands of their thousands of synapses, neurons have to have enormous supplies of ATP at the ready. Where does this seemingly bottomless well of energy come from? It’s ...