A cluster of rat neurons, grown on a chip in a Japanese laboratory, just learned to generate a sine wave on command. Across ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...

Most neurons that die in Alzheimer’s disease do not simply starve or get smothered by amyloid plaques. According to a study ...

Researchers at LMU have developed a human cell model that replicates key mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases—with ...

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

While past research has hinted at an overlap in relevant brain regions, the new work drills down to the cellular level. The ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

We can get silicon to "think" but the neuron can't be beat for efficiency. So, researchers worked to imitate it.

Scientists reprogram brain cells to remove Alzheimer’s plaques with a single injection, showing a new approach to long-term ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...

The brain has its own immune system, which detects threats and mounts a defense. A growing body of evidence has shown that in ...

We are seeing the brain’s own repair systems switch on, healing inflammation and restoring itself,” Shetty said.