Neurogenesis—a process whereby new neurons are created—is said to continue throughout one’s life, even as the rate is ...

The team’s findings showed that these neuronal predecessors are indeed present in the hippocampus throughout adulthood, ...

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s affect millions of people and are becoming more common as the ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, researchers are gaining new insights into the function of these critical ...

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute offers strong evidence that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory centre, the hippocampus, ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

But a landmark new study turns that dogma on its head, offering the clearest evidence yet that adult humans continue to form ...