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

A groundbreaking study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet reveals that the human brain continues to grow new neurons even ...

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

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The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

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

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

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

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

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

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

Research shows that neurogenesis, collateral sprouting, synaptogenesis, exercise, and an enriched complex housing environment ...