A new study shows that astrocytes use a protein called Gat3 to manage ambient GABA levels, helping neurons work together to ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

This study localizes the source of the reflex to a portion of the brain called the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG). The fleeing species showed much greater activity in this brain region when it ...

A new scalable workflow for analyzing multiple ensemble datasets incorporates SMARTTR, an R package supporting network analysis, visualization, and the import of external datasets.

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the dynamic regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to neural activity. Specifically, ...

Neurovascular coupling (NVC) is the dynamic regulation of cerebral blood flow in response to neural activity. Specifically, ...

A research team led by Prof. ZHENG Hairong, Prof. LIU Chengbo, and Prof. ZHENG Wei from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology has developed a linear transducer-array-based hybrid microscope ...

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known ...