One of the great challenges of modern neuroscience is to map out all the networks of cell-to-cell communication—the brain circuits that process all thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The ...

Consider a neuron, or nerve cell. Each neuron has an axon, a cable-like appendage that transmits electrical signals to nearby neurons. Those electrical signals help your brain perceive your ...

For the first time, it has been confirmed that individual neurons represent the concepts we learn, regardless of the context ...

Such observations might seem ho-hum today, but they were unprecedented at the time. Robert Hooke had coined the word “cell”—short for cellula, or “small compartment” in Latin—in the mid-17th century, ...

Our mission is to educate students in the discipline of neuroscience. We accomplish this by integrating empirical science and theory, focused on the understanding of the brain and nervous system. We ...

Predictive processing is critical for survival but little is known about how our brains attempt to predict future events based on sensory stimuli and past experience. In a first-of-its-kind study, a ...

Computational neuroscience is the field of study in which mathematical tools and theories are used to investigate brain function. It can also incorporate diverse approaches from electrical ...