Artificial intelligence can share our natural ability to make numeric snap judgments. Researchers observed this knack for numbers in a computer model composed of virtual brain cells, or neurons, ...

Photoreceptor neurons are undergoing transient relocation at the peak of retinal growth to prevent spatial competition. Developing retina of zebrafish embryo at 42 hours post-fertilization. Emerging ...

Recent technological advances facilitate the reconstruction of complete brain connectomes in small organisms and partial connectomes in mammals, involving the mapping of the network of neurons and ...

Oxytocin neurons were labeled by genetically targeting of a fluorescent reporter. Labeled neurons were visualized with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy and rendered in 3D bilaterally throughout the ...

All cells, whether big or small, short or long, rely on proteins to function properly. In most cells, transporting these ...

The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate communication across the brain. Neural communication is ...

In a study in mice, researchers identified and characterized five types of nerve cells in the colon that dispatch signals to the brain. These neurons have different forms and functions, some capable ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...