Our bodies have several systems branching through them, like veins, arteries, and neurons. In the brain, neurons grow together intricately in ways that have been poorly understood. Billions of nerve ...

Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? And if we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, would it matter? One of the most useful models for studying these questions ...

How neuronal circuits remodel themselves over time, especially during early development, is a major question in neurobiology. Using mice, researchers have uncovered a biomolecular mechanism behind the ...

Specific smells that are encountered during early postnatal development can become hardwired in the mammalian brain if their neural connections to the olfactory bulb ...

Delivering a connection-building protein to star-shaped cells in the brain could reverse changes to neural circuits seen in Down syndrome, according to new research my colleagues and I published in ...

Fukuoka, Japan--At this very moment, the billions of neurons in your brain are using their trillions of connections to enable you to read and comprehend this sentence. Now, by studying the neurons ...