A long-term and scalable system to record from neural organoids

Neural organoids have been heralded as having huge potential for advancing our knowledge of the brain in several fields.

A built-in epigenetic clock controls when neurons mature, study suggests

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...
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Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a laser-based artificial neuron that fully emulates the functions, dynamics and information processing of a biological graded neuron. With a signal ...
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Can synaptic connectivity alone reveal neuron types?

Neuronal Type Assignment from Connectivity (NTAC) transforms a connectome into a graph, and detects neuron types using "connectivity fingerprints” and groups the neuronal cell types in the connectome.
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Study: Inflammation overwhelms DNA repair in some neurons in multiple sclerosis

Researchers have identified a specific class of brain neurons that dies during multiple sclerosis because inflammation ...
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Laser-based artificial neuron mimics nerve cell functions at lightning speed

Researchers developed a chip-based quantum-dot laser that emulates a biological graded neuron while achieving a signal processing speed of 10 GBaud. WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a ...