Similarly, “vortions” could provide tuneable neuronal synaptic weights, reflected in reconfigurable magnetisation or anisotropy values, for neuromorphic (brain-inspired) spintronic devices. In fact, ...

The tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans has a brain just about the width of a human hair. Yet this animal’s itty-bitty organ coordinates and computes complex movements as the worm forages for food.

Interestingly, unlike surrounding hippocampal regions, the neurons in the CA2 region resist certain forms of synaptic plasticity, which is the process of strengthening neuronal connections fundamental ...

Reporting December 20 in Science, researchers led by Huan Ma of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, describe a tight coupling between neuronal excitation and the transcription ...

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The phrase "neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in human ... devices to reconstitute biological neuronal networks bearing connectivity resembling ...

The vagus nerve sprawls from the brain through the body, innervating our organs and managing life support and emotion. Sally Caulwell for Quanta Magazine The original version of this story ...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...

The research also provided a close look at how these drugs temporarily enhance the brain's ability to adapt and change, an ability known as plasticity. The disruptions in brain networks appear to ...

Plasticity or plastic deformability is a material's ability to be deformed by compression, tension or shear into a specific shape or geometry without breaking. Typically, ceramic materials exhibit ...

Their work highlights Tiam1-mediated maladaptive neural plasticity as a promising therapeutic target to reduce tolerance and prolong the usefulness of morphine for pain relief. “Understanding the ...