Single phosphorylation event controls where NMDA receptors sit in the brain
A new Nature Neuroscience study shows that SIK3 phosphorylates GluN1 at a single site to control the recruitment of NMDA ...
Tag: Neuroscience
Astrocyte Subtype Marked by CD51 Drives Synapse Formation and Stroke Recovery in Mice
A new mouse tool reveals that CD51-positive astrocytes are a functionally distinct subpopulation that promotes cortical synapse formation, hippocampal circuit ...
High-frequency sensory signals get stuck in the thalamus before reaching the cortex
A rat study combining fMRI, optogenetics, and connectivity modeling shows that high-frequency thalamic activation is preserved locally but fails to ...
Acupoint stimulation shapes brain microstates during virtual reality immersion
A study of 200 healthy participants found that thermal and low-frequency electrical stimulation of the Neiguan acupoint produced distinct changes ...
Distinct Calcium Response Signatures Separate Itch and Pain in Brain Neurons
Researchers identified distinct calcium response features, including peak rate and transient morphology, that differentiate itch- and pain-associated neurons in the ...
Sixteen Years of the Brain Prize Reveal How Neuroscience Breakthroughs Take Shape
A review of 16 years of The Brain Prize maps five interacting modes and three trajectories through which modern neuroscience ...
Georg Nagel shares Nobel Prize for pioneering optogenetics
University of Würzburg professor Georg Nagel shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled light-based ...
Dual-View Microscope Records Neuronal Activity in 3D at 100 Hz
A dual-view two-photon microscope reconstructed three-dimensional neuronal structures while recording stimulated calcium activity at 100 Hz in live motor-cortex brain ...
Microglia and immune signaling as architects of the brain
Microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, deploy cytokines, chemokines, complement proteins, and phosphatidylserine recognition systems to build and refine neural ...
Kalman Filter Approach Offers Interpretable Real-Time Sleep Spindle Detection
A new adaptive Kalman filtering method frames sleep spindle detection as state-space inference, producing interpretable, low-latency sigma-event catalogues from full-night ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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