Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

To shed new light on the contribution of different brain regions and neural circuits to specific mental functions, ...

Scientists have known for years that a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina that allow us to see -- but it's been a mystery how the intricate structure is created. Now, researchers ...

A team of researchers based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the United States) has tried to shed light on the ...

A technical paper titled “3D Neuromorphic Hardware with Single Thin-Film Transistor Synapses Over Single Thin-Body Transistor Neurons by Monolithic Vertical Integration” was published by researchers ...