We still don’t know a lot about how the networks of cells in the brain enable conscious experience.
A new technology called RIBOmap can give researchers valuable insight into how protein production in animal and human tissue is altered in disease.
New research on what attracts blood-feasting flies to blue objects could help minimise the impacts of those insects on people and animals.
Scientists find a protein common to flies and people is essential for supporting the structure of axons that neurons project to make circuit connections.
When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological changes when seeing their dead.
Pinpointing where memories are stored in the brain and how they are transmitted could provide new targets to treat neurological diseases and serve as models for neuromorphic computing.
Learning new rules requires the suppression of old ones. A better understanding of the brain circuits involved in behavioral adaptation could lead to new ways to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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