A typically developing 2-month-old baby can make cooing sounds, suck on her hand to calm down and smile at people.
Pucker up, baby! Lips take center stage in infants’ brains
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Mighty mitochondria flex their DNA power to help nucleus run the cell: Scientists say the newly discovered intracellular genetic messaging could lead to new approaches for treating diseases
USC researchers have discovered that transfer of vital genetic information within a cell isn’t the one-way telegraph once thought, opening
Neuronal ‘barcodes’ shape complex networks in the brain
The brain is an enormously complex organ. Understanding how billions of brain cells succeed in making precise connections is a
Fright and flight: Deciding when to escape: Study on instinctive behaviour elucidates a synaptic mechanism for computing escape decisions
How does your brain decide what to do in a threatening situation? A new paper published in Nature describes a
New piece in the Huntington’s disease puzzle
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a hitherto unknown error in the transport of
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
It’s the comparative silence between the firing spikes of neurons that tells what they are really up to, scientists report.
A better way to trace neuronal pathways: Moving forward by moving backward more effectively
New technologies have been likened, famously, to magic. At first, even the few who understand how they work have a
Mystery deepens over the cause of Alzheimer’s: Biologist studies ‘traffic jams’ in brain cells with the hope of unraveling the origins of disease
For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on Alzheimer’s disease has been guided by the “amyloid hypothesis.”
Experimental drug restores some bladder function after spinal cord injury, study finds: Mice given test compound show marked improvements
An experimental drug that blocks abnormal neural communication after spinal cord injury could one day be the key to improving
‘Hidden’ driver discovered that helps prime the anti-tumor immune response
Like exposing a crime boss whose authority has gone undetected, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified a hidden