Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

A Nature study reveals that astrocytes form selective, plastic gap junction networks linking specific brain regions, which can reorganize in adults after sensory deprivation. Using a novel in vivo ...

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are finally stepping into the neuroscience spotlight. A new Florida Atlantic ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

Scientists who use imaging to understand the brain's complexity often focus on the strongest signals and ignore the rest. But this strategy, researchers warn, may reveal only the tip of the iceberg. A ...

Scientists have made a major advance in developmental neuroscience, creating the very first detailed atlas of how the vascular network of a mouse's brain grows after birth. Their study is published in ...

An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

Can AI learn by shrinking? A new study introduces a development-inspired continual learning framework for spiking neural networks.

Discovery that astrocyte networks shrink and reroute after a loss of sensory signals suggests they may be shaped by experience.