Physical exercise is good not just for your body, it's a 'superfood' for your brain too. By engaging in moderate exercise ...

A study published in Cell Reports describes a new mechanism of brain plasticity, or how nerve connections change in response to external stimuli. The paper is titled "Focal clusters of peri ...

In a recent study published in PNAS​, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese ...

During learning and development, the level of synaptic input received by cortical neurons may change dramatically. Given a limited range of possible firing rates, how do neurons maintain ...

This bioengineering breakthrough has found a way to make neurons grown in a dish react just like the real thing. "Neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in ...

The phrase "neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in human brains, but neurons grown in a dish don't seem to follow these rules. Neurons that are cultured ...

CO2 uptake and water loss. Our goal is to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the stomatal developmental plasticity in seed plants.