Leiden researchers can now visualize the connections between brain cells. Their microscopy technique could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions. The study is published ...

Brains are bewilderingly complicated systems of connections between neurons. Mapping those connections is an important step in understanding how brains work. Scientists have recently completed the ...

An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, working with the Paul Scherrer Institute, has ...

Leiden researchers can now visualise the connections between brain cells. They do so using a microscopy technique in which ...

Two teams discover how small cell lung cancer hijacks neural pathways to proliferate faster, especially to the brain. Common ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in "filtering" sensory ...

The incidence of breast cancer in women has increased significantly over the past few decades, but advancements in targeted therapies have led to a decrease in death rates. Although systemic ...

A research team has found that specific immune cells can connect with muscle fibers in a lightning-fast, neuron-like way to ...