Researchers identify two key proteins that allow chandelier cells to connect with excitatory neurons. This "handshake" regulates brain signals and, when disrupted, may lead to epilepsy or autism.

Husniye Kantarci was part of a team that discovered the role of glial cells in controlling neural development, learning and numerous diseases. Husniye Kantarci and Brad Zuchero (left to right) and ...

The constant, energy-driven motion inside living cells may generate electricity in a way no one fully recognized before.

Neurons communicate by passing electrical messages, known as action potentials, between each other. Each neuron has a highly specialized structural region, the axon initial segment (AIS), whose ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells ...

Elon Musk announces Neuralink brain implants will enter "high-volume" production by 2026, helping paralyzed patients control ...

Psychedelics are known for inducing altered states of consciousness in humans by fundamentally changing our normal patterns of sensory perception, thought, and emotion. Research into the therapeutic ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the ...