Researchers challenge the long-standing "neural independence" theory, showing that learning actually makes neurons more ...

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

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes, once dismissed as mere support cells, play a central role in fear memory.

The team is led by Leanne Li of The Francis Crick Institute in London, England. Her research combines cancer biology and ...

Researchers identified three distinct brain “biotypes” of ADHD, each with its own chemical signature—offering new clues about ...

Unlike most frontier neuroscience projects that rely primarily on state funding, this one has been built through a rare mix ...

Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into adulthood, but those of superagers contain far more brain cells in ...

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In ...

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...