For the past decade, neuroscientists have been using a modified version of the rabies virus to label neurons and trace the connections between them. Although this technique has proven very useful, it ...

Using the C. elegans worm, Dresden scientists show that sleep neuron activity controls protective gene expression during sleep. Disturbing sleep leads to overactivation of the sleep neuron, further ...

Various neurotransmitter receptors located on postsynaptic membranes regulate important brain functions, including memory, learning, language and reasoning. The location and expression levels of each ...

Neuroscientists examining a brain cell typically have to choose between studying its internal molecular activity or detailing its connections and electrical activation in the brain. But in his lab at ...