Neuroscientists have long dreamed of watching thoughts unfold as they happen, without disturbing the fragile tissue that produces them. That vision is suddenly closer to reality, as glowing neurons ...

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells ...

A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

Neurons are famously fragile, yet some injured cells manage to hang on, stabilize, and even reconnect. That quiet resilience has long been a mystery, especially given how easily damaged circuits can ...

Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells ...

Princeton University researchers have captured among the first recordings of neural activity in nearly the entire brain of a free-moving animal. The three-dimensional recordings could provide ...

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 ...

To continuously produce neurons in the nose, a unique toggle switch generates transient cellular neighborhoods that integrate signaling at multiple scales — from single cells to groups of cells, to ...

Learning is something everyone does daily—mastering new skills at work, remembering song lyrics, or following directions to new places. But behind these everyday tasks lies a complex biological ...