Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

A Nature study reveals that astrocytes form selective, plastic gap junction networks linking specific brain regions, which can reorganize in adults after sensory deprivation. Using a novel in vivo ...

A new noninvasive neurostimulation technique capable of reaching deep regions of the brain has been used to elucidate the ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

Researchers mapped brain-wide astrocyte networks that link distant regions, proving these "support cells" have their own long ...

Scientists have made a major advance in developmental neuroscience, creating the very first detailed atlas of how the vascular network of a mouse's brain grows after birth. Their study is published in ...

Discovery that astrocyte networks shrink and reroute after a loss of sensory signals suggests they may be shaped by experience.

Can AI learn by shrinking? A new study introduces a development-inspired continual learning framework for spiking neural networks.