Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

A hidden communication network between brain cells and glioblastoma tumors may be key to slowing this aggressive cancer.

As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational har ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, forms an abnormal connection with an enzyme called ClpP. This enzyme normally ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a ...

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently ...

The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...