A small V1 neuron population affected locomotor rhythm without causing the limb hyperflexion seen after broader V1 loss.

Whether speaking, driving or playing an instrument, nearly everything we do requires precise control over the timing of our actions. When we learn new skills, we must learn not only what movements to ...

Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it.

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

The brain’s rules seem simple: Fire together, wire together. When groups of neurons activate, they become interconnected. This networking is how we learn, reason, form memories, and adapt to our world ...

A fruit fly's brain is roughly the size of a poppy seed — and yet that tiny package contains over 100,000 neurons. A new map charts every single neuron in the male fruit fly brain, as well as the ...

The atlas of nearly a quarter million fly brain cells is the first to read both the genes and the DNA switches that control them across an entire developing brain region, providing new insights for ...

In the late 1800s, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal drew hundreds of images of neurons. His exquisite work influenced our understanding of what they look like: Cells with a bulbous center ...