The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...

It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to ...

Starting with the question "How does our brain distinguish glucose from the many nutrients absorbed in the gut?" a KAIST research team has demonstrated that the brain can selectively recognize ...

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A new study reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more quickly than earlier ones, allowing them to ...

UB researchers are taking inspiration from the human brain to develop computing architecture that can support the growing ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the ...

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