For more than 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same function are grouped into columns. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Max Planck ...

As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns. For over 50 years, it has been known that in the cerebral cortex of many mammals, neurons with the same ...

Our brain's wiring is shaped both by genes and what we experience, and the visual system is a great model for studying how ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Somewhere in the visual cortex of a macaque ...

Scientists Discover How Visual Experience Builds and Refines Brain Connections Researchers in Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience's Fitzpatrick lab have discovered that early visual ...

Seeing and moving are directly linked in the brain. When we stand still, the visual scene barely shifts. When we run, by ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at ...

The way that the visual centers of men and women’s brains works is different, finds new research. Men have greater sensitivity to fine detail and rapidly moving stimuli, but women are better at ...