Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new ...

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) researchers have developed a neuromorphic photonic semiconductor neuron ...

The songbird vocal motor nucleus HVC contains cells that project to the basal ganglia, the auditory system, or downstream vocal motor structures. In this fundamental study, the authors conduct ...

Sensitivity to sound, light and touch affect neurodivergent people differently. Here are the strategies and tech products I ...

Early-life adversity affects over half of children worldwide, increasing the risk of cognitive and mental health issues later ...

Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate an uncertain future. After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry ...

A team of researchers from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche, has discovered that the ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' A newly ...

Researchers have discovered that stomach cancers make electrical connections with nearby sensory nerves and use these malignant circuits to stimulate the cancer's growth and spread. The research ...

It was assumed that this region housed similar neuronal types, with equivalent circuits for sensory and cognitive processing. Previous studies had identified the presence of shared excitatory and ...