New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

Can one truly understand what “flower” means without smelling a rose, touching a daisy or walking through a field of ...

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise understanding of what happens in different areas of the cerebral cortex during ...

CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...

New research by a Lithuanian neuroscientist Dr Karolina Armonaitė, reveals that the brain remains actively engaged even during rest and sleep, with ...

Complex processes are going on in the brain when we sleep," says Dr Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

In a study published in Cell on July 10, a team from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) of the Chinese ...

This important study presents a new method for longitudinally tracking cells in two-photon imaging data that addresses the specific challenges of imaging neurons in the developing cortex. It provides ...

The same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk toward the smell of rotting fruit and speed up, according to new research from ...