The team’s advance changes this. “Ours register only 0.1 volts, which about the same as the neurons in our bodies,” says Yao.

Disturbing new research into a ubiquitous contaminant has revealed its concerning effects on the brain.

Evidence challenging the long-held assumption that neuronal function in the brain is solely powered by sugars has given ...

Scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which nanoplastics impair brain energy metabolism, offering new clues into environmental contributions to neurodegeneration.

The researchers also reveal the first mechanism of NMDA receptor activation integrating functional evidence obtained in ...

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia ...

Researchers at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have found that nanoplastics, which are even smaller than microplastics, impair energy metabolism in brain cells.

(THE CONVERSATION) Mental illnesses such as obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and addiction are notoriously hard to treat and often don’t respond to drugs. But a new wave of treatments that ...

An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making ...

SYDNEY, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A University of Queensland (UQ) study reveals that neuronal function in the brain is powered by fats alongside sugars, paving the way for treating metabolic and ...