Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

Peripheral afferent neurons—nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and ...

The paper, “ Intrinsically accelerated cellular degradation is amplified by TDP-43 loss in ALS-vulnerable motor neurons in a zebrafish model ,” suggests that the cellular degradation load linked to ...

The progressive loss of neuronal structure and function in disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

Epilepsy affects over 50 million individuals globally and remains one of the most challenging neurological disorders to ...

A new scientific report reveals that the protein aggregates associated with Parkinson’s disease are not inert clumps of ...

A recent study led by Tiffany Schmidt, Ph.D., associate professor of Ophthalmology and of Neurobiology in the Weinberg ...

USC scientists design brain-like neurons that learn in hardware, not software, paving the way for energy-efficient AI general ...

How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the mammalian brain fold? How do we feel touch at our fingertips? These and ...

Could computers ever learn more like humans do, without relying on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that must undergo ...

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is among the most challenging neurological disorders: relentlessly progressive, ...