Connecting all the dots in the fly vision connectome
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-led research has produced a complete connectome of the Drosophila visual system, enabling systematic investigations into how visual information is processed and relayed ...
Challenging Decades of Neuroscience: Brain Cells Are More Plastic Than Previously Thought
Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists have demonstrated that neurons can transform from one type ...
Immune Signals Shape Social Behavior and Anxiety in the Brain
New research reveals that the immune molecule IL-17 can influence behavior by acting directly on specific regions of the brain.
Microglia in the peripheral nervous system discovered to regulate neuron size
In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ...
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To Fuel Their Growth, Cancer Cells Hijack Neurons
The Brain Prize 2025 went to neuro-oncologists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler for pioneering the field of cancer n.