The physics of brain development: How cells pull together to form the neural tube

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.
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Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...
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Printed neurons communicate with living brain cells

Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don't just imitate the brain—they talk to it. In a new ...
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Camillo Golgi and the sense of continuity in science

Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) delivered his 1906 Nobel lecture The Neuron Doctrine – Theory and Facts1 before the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in the presence of his Nobel co-laureate Santiago ...