Neuroscience

Watching neurons guide live mouse activities may help understand diseases like Parkinson’s 

Correcting gait early on may aid mobility 

There is still no definitive study on the risks for permanent cognitive impairment

But only in limited ways because our brains are so fundamentally different

Illustrations from the Scientific American archive highlight key discoveries of an influential neuroscientist

Cells throughout the body can detect light, too

Neuroscientists want to understand how tangles of neurons produce complex behaviors, but even the simplest networks defy understanding

Old animals injected with the hormone component klotho learn and remember better

Explaining our sense of who is reliable with the power of expectations

A transport vehicle the size of a virus may ferry chemotherapies and other molecular cargo through the imposing blood–brain barrier

“Tonic immobility” hinders the ability to fight and is linked to high rates of depression and PTSD

The biggest study of its kind offers the best evidence to date linking the sport to mood and cognitive impairments