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

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

Among the newly identified brain cell types were some in the neocortex and the striatum region, which controls movement and certain other functions. Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious ...

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

Alzheimer's disease has long been thought to be irreversible, but new research using a mouse model offers hope.

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

Your brain is one of the most energy-hungry organs in your body, relying on a steady supply of nutrients to think, focus, and remember. Many of the foods that support overall health also help keep ...

Machine learning decodes brain signals for paralysis recovery in just one second using sensors placed on scalp not inside ...