How the brain decides where to insulate its own wiring

In the complex circuitry of the brain, a fatty substance known as myelin plays a vital role in insulating neural wiring. It ...

Brain blood flow responds differently to pain and touch, mouse study finds

When the brain is stimulated, blood flow increases. For 30 years, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), one of the ...

Scientists Discover a Hidden “Immune Organ” Inside the Skull

Researchers discovered lymph node-like immune hubs inside skull bone marrow that appear to act as rapid-response centers for ...
eLife

Local inhibitory dynamics underpin temporal integration and functional segregation between barrels and septa in the mouse barrel cortex

Argunşah et al. investigate the mechanisms underlying the differential response dynamics of barrel vs septa domains in shaping the responses to single vs multiple whiskers. Based on the observation of ...

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive

In cell culture labs around the world, human brain organoids live out their short lives as neural guinea pigs, testing the effects of diseases, toxins, and new pharmaceuticals. But they may soon be on ...
starlust

A coronal mass ejection from the Sun to reach Earth on August 7; auroras also a possibility

Data from NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Space Weather Prediction Center indicates that a minor coronal mass ejection (CME) is headed towards Earth. Observed to have been ...