Brain cells reshape structure and function for vision and memory tasks, study finds

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...
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Specialists at work – Nerve cells adapt their structure and function to their task

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen, and the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has shown that nerve ...
Science Daily

Researchers grow 400+ brain cell types—a leap for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...
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A new imaging approach captures brain activity across nine cell types at once — more than four times what was previously possible

Neuroplex allows scientists to measure and link neural activity of up to 9 unique cell types in behaving animals, significantly accelerating data collection. Scientists at the Max Planck Florida ...
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MIT invents human brain model with six major cell types to enable personalized disease research, drug discovery

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...
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Two brain cell types that determine whether smells are pleasant or unpleasant identified

You wouldn't microwave fish around your worst enemy—the smell lingers both in kitchen and memory. It is one few of us like, let alone have positive associations with. But what makes our brains decide ...