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

These electrical pulses are communicated with other neurons through connections between them called synapses. Individual ...

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

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

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

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

Watch UChicago neurobiologist Mark Sheffield and his team investigate the mechanisms of memory by studying neuron activity ...

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

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

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 ...