Learn more about eLife assessments Sleep disturbances are associated with poor long-term memory (LTM) formation, yet the underlying cell types and neural circuits involved have not been fully decoded.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Georgia Tech has discovered how lateral inhibition helps our brains process visual ...

New brain-inspired hardware, architectures and algorithms could lead to more efficient, more capable forms of AI.

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A recent breakthrough in robotics could help amputees regain some of their lost capabilities. The new prosthetic hand design combines layers of sensors with a hybrid robotic structure and machine ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

A new process for converting skin cells to neurons directly could make it easier to develop therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.

This behaviour of an individual neuron, described in a paper in the journal Cell Reports, allows for the forming of higher and abstract concepts in the brain, which constitutes the basis of human ...

Effective models could unlock some of what is still unknown in biology and help your doctor find the right treatment.

The discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ is transforming our understanding of memory and may pave the way for new treatments for ...