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How Feedback Mechanisms Control Neural Chaos for Stable Visual Processing

What we see appears stable, even though neuronal activity is full of irregular fluctuations. A team led by Dr Mehdi Borjkhani from ICTER has shown, using a minimal model of the primary visual cortex, that two natural feedback mechanisms can constrain chaos and reduce variability in neural activity by up to 93 percent.

23 Sep 2026

Study Maps Precise Anatomical Circuits Within the Brainstem Locus Coeruleus

Deep in the brainstem sits a small but important cluster of neurons known as the locus coeruleus (LC), Latin for "blue place."

21 Sep 2026

Study Links Maternal Infections to Fetal Brain Development

Research shows maternal infections affect fetal brain development, with immune responses linked to autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental issues.

18 Sep 2026

Noninvasive Imaging Framework Enhances Predictions of Higher-Order Human Brain Function

Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new, noninvasive way to examine how blood flow and cellular organization align across the layers of the living human brain.

17 Sep 2026

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Stanford Medicine scientists have chalked up a major advance in growing human brain cells outside of the human brain - and outside of laboratory glassware.

17 Sep 2026

Study Uncovers Neural Switch Governing Risk Taking in Human Brain

Every day, your brain runs the same calculation: take a risk or play it safe? Your gas tank might be low, but there's just enough to make it to work on time.

16 Sep 2026

Researchers Locate Cortical Cells That Actively Trigger Brain Sleep

What makes the brain fall asleep? For nearly a century, scientists have looked to structures deep within the brain for the answer.

12 Sep 2026

Novel Microscopy Method Captures Live Body-Wide Organismal Cellular Signaling

We can't hear it, but the different parts of our body are in constant conversation, communicating to keep the entire system running efficiently.

10 Sep 2026

Scientists Discover How Elusive Brain Stem Cells Make Decisions

As the human brain takes shape before birth, a remarkable type of stem cell helps give it many of the features that make it distinctly human.

7 Sep 2026

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

A Rutgers-led international team co-authored a study, which was published in Nature Neuroscience, revealing 36 genes significantly increasing the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders. This research offers the most comprehensive biological insight into the development of these conditions and potential future treatments.

4 Sep 2026

Unexpected Mechanism Shows Muscle Cells Limit Rather Than Drive Membrane Growth

Every movement we make, from blinking to sprinting, depends on the ability of muscle fibers to contract in a rapid and coordinated way. Achieving this precision requires an intricate internal membrane network known as the transverse tubule, or T-tubule, system.

3 Sep 2026

Scientists Give Lab-Grown Brain Organoids a Regional Biological Compass

The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of its power comes from how it's organized.

21 Aug 2026

Modular Brain Structures Reuse Neural Networks to Simplify Complex Actions

As we move through everyday life, our brains engage in a huge variety of cognitive tasks. For example, during a grocery run, we might have to recall the items for a recipe, remember where the clerk said the flour was located, and count out money to pay.

18 Aug 2026

Brain Executive Control Centers Block Creative Problem Solving in Mice

The prefrontal cortex, a brain region long associated with learning more flexible behaviors, can sometimes block the ability to think outside the box, a new study in mice shows. Science Advances published the finding by biologists at Emory University.

8 Aug 2026

New Imaging Workflow Tracks Nanoplastics Distribution in Neonatal Mouse Brains

Nanoplastics-plastic particles smaller than one micrometer-are generated through the degradation and abrasion of plastic products and are increasingly detected in food, drinking water, air, and biological tissues.

30 Jul 2026

Structural Proteins Control Stem Cell Division to Stop Tissue Tumors

In many animal tissues, stem cells continually divide to create new cells that replace old or damaged ones. However, this capacity requires strict regulation, as uncontrolled stem cell proliferation can disrupt tissue homeostasis and contribute to tumorigenesis.

29 Jul 2026