Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Florida Atlantic University has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how an immune-related receptor in neurons plays a fundamental role in brain function ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

Researchers will explore how the immune receptor IL-1R1 in neurons affects brain function and behavior. Beyond its role in ...

By fine tuning the motion of molecules, scientists created an injectable therapy that encouraged the growth of neurites and ...

By fine tuning the motion of molecules, scientists created an injectable therapy that encouraged the growth of neurites and neurons in damaged spinal organoids.

The country is facing a coming wave of dementia for its ageing population, and is investing in research into drugs, ...

Researchers studying "super agers" — people over 80 whose brains still produce new neurons — found that the single habit they all shared wasn't about diet or exercise. It was something far more human, ...

A new study reveals that the world’s most widely used diabetes drug works through a previously unknown brain pathway ...

Light does not “think” in any human sense. Still, under the right conditions, it can behave in a way that looks uncannily ...

In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a chemical signal in the ...