Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in ...

Researchers have uncovered how losing the autism-linked gene PTEN in a specific set of inhibitory neurons reshapes brain circuits tied to fear and anxiety.

Research from the Max Planck Florida Institute reveals that loss of the PTEN gene in inhibitory neurons within the amygdala ...

The protein is linked to a type of muscular dystrophy Jennifer Jahncke, Ph.D. (left), a postdoctoral scholar working in the ...

UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop remarkably similar ...

The V1 class is also diverse, comprising two known types of local circuit inhibitory neuron (Renshaw cells and Ia inhibitory interneurons 58, 59) and one or more undefined inhibitory neuron subtypes.

UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

Motor neurons project from the central nervous system to innervate muscle cells to either directly or indirectly control their activity. Contact between a motor neuron and muscle cell is usually ...