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Imagine watching a conversation between brain cells, seeing chemical messages pass from one neuron to another. Scientists can ...

Researchers have engineered a next-generation glutamate sensor, iGluSnFR4, capable of detecting the faintest incoming ...

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We can replace joints, lenses, even organs—but not the brain. As neuroscience unravels the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, ...

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body.