Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if the reason for our cognitive abilities isn’t in the electrical activity of ...

Now, she and HMS collaborators have filled in a piece of the puzzle by providing the first look at the types of neurons in the brain that connect to gliomas. Findings are reported Dec. 4 in ...

Identification of tunnels connecting neurons in the developing brain Date: April 19, 2023 Source: Institut Pasteur Summary: Over a hundred years after the discovery of the neuron by neuroanatomist ...

Princeton scientists uncover how brain cells coordinate decisions, offering insight into mental health and cognitive function.

A controversial theory suggests that brain microtubules could contain quantum phenomena, linking your consciousness to the ...

To map a brain. Beginning in 2012, ... As a single neuron connects to a web of other cells by various pathways, this milestone branches out toward many different futures of research.

The human brain is an amazing organ. It controls memory and learning, the senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch), and emotion. It also controls other parts of the body, including muscles ...

Every decision begins invisibly. Long before someone acts, the brain is already hard at work gathering evidence, weighing ...

A human neuron can extend from one side of the brain to the other, or between the brain and spinal cord. A giraffe or whale neuron can be larger still. 3D rendering of the 75k neurons in the fly ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

Over a hundred years after the discovery of the neuron by neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, scientists continue to deepen their knowledge of the brain and its development. In a publication ...