In other animals, scientists have long known that the brain continues to make new neurons throughout life. But in humans, ...

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

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

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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