A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a key mechanism underlying the development of motor neuron diseases, offering new insights into potential treatment options, according to a study published ...

Scientists have identified a single gene that gives rise to a rare form of diabetes, unique to newborn babies. Mutations of ...

I have come across various ways of defining Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Many of them miss a fundamental characteristic ...

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...

In a study published in Neuron, a research team at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, aimed to ...

A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

UMass scientists create low-voltage artificial neurons from bacteria that communicate with living cells like real brain cells.

Researchers have synthesized enhanced vitamin K analogues that outperform natural vitamin K in promoting neuron growth. The ...

Built of low-powered protein nanowires, made from bacteria, these neurons open the door to vastly more efficient, ...

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one ...

The bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens came from humble beginnings; it was first isolated from dirt in a ditch in Norman, ...