A long-term and scalable system to record from neural organoids

Neural organoids have been heralded as having huge potential for advancing our knowledge of the brain in several fields.

Synaptic connectivity alone can reveal neuron types

Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial ...

A built-in epigenetic clock controls when neurons mature, study suggests

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...
News Medical

AI uncovers hidden mechanisms of covert attention and emergent neuron types

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes - think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke - is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...
Psychology Today

AI Predicts Active Brain Cell Types With High Accuracy

A major neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithm. In a study published this month in Cell, a multinational team of ...

Study pinpoints rare graft neurons that reconnect spinal walking circuits after injury

A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a discovery that could help refine future stem-cell therapies for paralysis. The ...
Noozhawk

AI Helps Explain How Covert Attention Works and Uncovers New Neuron Types

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...
Scientific American

Human neurons on a chip learned to play Doom

Cortical Labs says the stunt points toward a new kind of low-power computing—and perhaps a new way to study neurological ...