We all have at least one friend that treats their dog like an actual human child. Scientists think you shouldn't be a hater: ...

Nessa Yip explains the progress made by neuroscience towards answering a question at the centre of the human experience ...

Visual system articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and ...

Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical articles on the subject of epilepsy, a common neurological disease that affects one to two per cent of the general population ...

CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...

This study provides compelling evidence that action potential (AP) broadening is not a universal feature of homeostatic plasticity in response to chronic activity deprivation. By leveraging ...