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

For more than six decades, neuroscientists have wrestled with a fundamental question about the human brain: Do adults ...

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

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

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

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...

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

New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.

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

And yet, the no-brainer is seemingly wrong about the brain. As it turns out, grandmother neurons, or concept cells as they’re now known (or Jennifer Aniston neurons as they were called for a bit ...

Not all brain cells are found in the brain. For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion.