"Super-agers" seem to produce more new nerve cells in a brain region important for memory than other people their age ...

Human brain health research is moving beyond universal “norms” toward models that treat culture, language, environment, and structural conditions as central ...

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LEXINGTON, Mass., March 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VYGR), a biotechnology company dedicated to leveraging genetics to treat neurological diseases, today reported ...

Biotech startup Cortical Labs is working on two small data centers run by human brain cells, putting lab-grown neurons onto silicon in an experiment that could one day challenge chips from the likes ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes—star-shaped support cells traditionally viewed as passive partners of neurons—play a ...

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to compensate for it.

High‑frequency brain stimulation that synchronizes frontal–parietal activity led people to choose more generously, suggesting that altruism depends on rapid neural coordination.

Humans and many other animals can innately recognize familiar objects in their surroundings, irrespective of the angle they are observed from, changes in lighting or other shifts in the surrounding ...

Birth order differences in neurodevelopment emerge at 6 months, linked to reduced parental engagement for second-born children.

Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...