Florida Atlantic University neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising role for a protein named "Frazzled" (known as DCC in ...

Scientists have uncovered a key role for the protein “Frazzled” in building and maintaining the rapid neural connections that allow fruit flies to react in milliseconds.

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the form of tiny electrical signals sents between neurons -- specialized cells ...

A new study reveals how brain circuits between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus stabilize memories during learning.

A new Northwestern University study using patient nervous tissue and lab-grown human neurons has uncovered how a key disease ...

Epithelial cells from finger skin stained pink. Neurons talk to one another using electricity. If you could hear these impulses, they might sound like constant, rapid-fire chatter all over the nervous ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a vast network of nerves built into the walls of the intestine. While it is well known ...

By tweaking the epigenetic state of a single gene, Arc, inside memory-storing neurons, researchers have altered memory ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...