Down syndrome results in changes to the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain. Delivering a specific protein ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...

The nervous system is by far the most complex organ in C. elegans. Almost a third of all the cells in the body (302 out of 959 in the adult hermaphrodite to be precise) are neurons. 20 of these ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that ...