A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered how a cluster of thalamic neurons links physical pain to emotional trauma, ...

Scientists have identified how the brain protein cypin helps maintain strong connections between neurons, a discovery with ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

A team of neuroscientists in Australia has found that restoring copper levels in the brain dramatically reduced Parkinson-like damage in mice. The approach restored a protein’s function, and the same ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by both internal cues such as ...

Rutgers-led research reveals potentially profound implications in treating neurodegenerative diseases and brain ...

Stem cell tech simulates ALS, quantum tools decode quasicrystals, and cancer exploits a human mutation—three breakthroughs ...