Researchers have long sought to understand the biological mechanisms that underlie learning. We know that the brain forms ...

Learning is something everyone does daily—mastering new skills at work, remembering song lyrics, or following directions to ...

A massive, multi-year project led by over 150 scientists has produced the most detailed map yet of how visual information ...

A study has revealed that individual neurons use distinct rules across their dendritic compartments to strengthen synapses ...

Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend ...

However, how the brain determines which synapses should be modified during learning and whether individual neurons apply the ... governed by local interactions between adjacent inputs.

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

These electrical pulses are communicated with other neurons through connections between them called synapses. Individual neurons have branching extensions known as dendrites that can receive ...