Researchers create artificial nerve cells that work almost like a biological nerve cell, according to a study published in the journal Nature Materials. A team from Linköping University (LiU), Sweden,
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A team from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam showed how humans can feel the pain of others: what happens to other people is directly mapped onto neurons in
Portuguese scientists discover a new neural pathway to explain how we learn a new skill
A research team from the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal, discovered a new mechanism in the brain to help us learn new skills, according to a study published in the
Just like neurons, certain tumour cells possess synapses, according to three complementary studies published on 18 September in Nature (1–3). Synapses are structures that nerve cells use to communicate and