Seattle’s Allen Institute has launched a new division called The Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, which will explore how the brain executes complex actions like decision making, learning and ...

New York, New York, March 9, 2015: The Brain Prize has been awarded to four scientists: Winfried Denk, Arthur Konnerth, Karel Svoboda and David Tank. The scientists will share the 1 million euro prize ...

A neural circuit that connects motor planning to movement has been identified by researchers. The study, the researchers say, explains why injuries that disrupt the brain's ability to carry out ...

Scientists have combined genetic analyses, anatomical maps, and detailed studies of neuronal activity to reveal brain cells' roles in controlling movement. The mouse brain contains roughly 80 million ...

Neuroscientists used a new, gene-based classification of mouse brain cell types and additional information about neuron shape to uncover two new types of neurons involved in movement. (Credit: Michael ...

Czech pop composer and former rock star Karel Svoboda, who scored dozens of films and musicals over four decades, was found dead at his home in Jevany, Czech Republic, apparently from a self-inflicted ...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the lab of neuroscientist Karel Svoboda as his group at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus pushes to build a new type of microscope ...

Stimulating just one neuron can be enough to affect learning and behaviour, researchers have found. The results, published this week by Nature,conflict with the long-held notion that many neurons ? in ...

Neurons communicate with each other by passing millisecond-long signals across tiny junctions called synapses. Experiences cause the strength of these connections to change—a process called synaptic ...