Culture trick transforms immune cells into neurons
A new method allows scientists to chemically coax immune cells in blood into becoming mature neurons.
Emerging tools and techniques that may advance autism research.
A new method allows scientists to chemically coax immune cells in blood into becoming mature neurons.
Sequencing the whole genomes of individual mouse neurons reveals that each cell carries roughly 100 unique mutations.
A new technique can stimulate and record activity across broad swaths of the monkey brain.
A new tool paints real-time pictures of brain circuits that could reveal altered neuronal activity in mouse models of autism.
Analyzing gene expression in a vision center of the mouse brain has revealed 49 different classes of cells.
By tracking calcium’s movement, a new algorithm simultaneously delineates individual neurons’ shapes as well as their firing patterns.
A new method allows researchers to culture cells known as astrocytes from human brains.
A new tool allows researchers to simultaneously study the physical, genetic and electrical properties of individual neurons.
Growing neurons on tiny plates studded with miniature electrodes allows researchers to map patterns of neuronal activity within circuits.
A new computer program allows researchers to follow the formation and movement of all neurons in a developing worm.