Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

New research explains how the shapes of neurons can be classified using mathematical methods from the field of algebraic topology. Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the ...

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have created computer-generated models to bridge the gap between "test tube" data about neurons and the function of those cells in the living brain. Their study, ...

Researchers performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and found that brain capillary structures show a correlation with their neuron ...

A lot remains hidden within the tissues stuffed inside our craniums. As Yasemin Saplakoglu at LiveScience reports this week, researchers recently discovered an entirely new type of neuron that may ...

Synaptic changes lie at the nexus of many neurodegenerative diseases, underpinning cognitive decline. However, it has been hard to get a handle on exactly how these tiny structures change in disease, ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has spent his career cataloging the neurons beneath everyday sensations. Like ...