Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

At the heart of this study was a unique method involving single-neuron recordings ... study alongside Mormann. “A brain cell ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Columbia scientists have identified specialized brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating. These cells integrate ...

is its simplest nonlinear element. What is the basic unit of computation in the brain? For over five decades since McCulloch and Pitts, neural models have focused on the single neuron, but it is ...

"In this work, we used a single laser graded neuron, but we believe that cascading multiple laser graded neurons will further unlock their potential, just as the brain has billions of neurons ...

A breakthrough study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical ... where the genes that modify neuron function are controlled is a long ...