Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Addressing the multiscale organization of the brain, which is fundamental to the dynamic
repertoire of the organ, remains challenging. In principle, it should be possible to model …

Sensory, motor and cognitive operations involve the coordinated action of large neuronal
populations across multiple brain regions in both superficial and deep structures,. Existing …

In this Opinion article, we discuss how integrated information theory accounts for several
aspects of the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Integrated information …

Implanted brain electrodes construct the only means to electrically interface with individual
neurons in vivo, but their recording efficacy and biocompatibility pose limitations on scientific …

For over a century, the neuron doctrine—which states that the neuron is the structural and
functional unit of the nervous system—has provided a conceptual foundation for …

Nano-bioelectronics represents a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that combines
nanomaterials with biology and electronics and, in so doing, offers the potential to overcome …

Implantable intracortical microelectrodes can record a neuron's rapidly changing action
potentials (spikes). In vivo neural activity recording methods often have either high temporal …

On March 29, 2012, the White House introduced The Big Data Research and Development
Initiative (TBDRDI) at a cost of $200 million. Big data (BD) refers to the collection and …

To understand the function of cortical circuits, it is necessary to catalog their cellular
diversity. Past attempts to do so using anatomical, physiological or molecular features of …