Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseasesScientists discovered that sugar ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.

New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

New research shows how some brain cells fight tau buildup in Alzheimer’s, pointing to internal systems that help neurons survive longer.

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

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

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a hazardous waste collector in the brain that disposes of the toxic clumps of ...

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

A study led by researchers at the University of Camerino in Italy found that the fatty insulation protecting neurons can be harmed when we go without sleep, compromising our mental processing. Through ...