Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

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 ...

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

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

ETH Zurich researchers have generated over 400 human nerve cell types from stem cells using systematic combinations of ...

A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as ...

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

Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences - from walks on the beach to presentations at work - and transforms ...

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

Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through ...