Neurons are the cells that govern brain function, and you are born with most of the neurons you will ever have during your lifetime.While the brain undergoes most of its development during early ...

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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.

In this University of Rochester study, neuroscientists used brain imaging data of more than 11,000 children aged 9 to 11, to compare the structures of neurons in their brains.

These unique neurons might hold the key Research suggests our intelligence may arise from specialized brain cells only found in humans. By Carlyn Zwarenstein. Published March 25, ...

Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement—they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision. This is the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the ...

Being in the water engages your baby’s body in a completely unique way, creating billions of new neurons as your baby kicks, glides, and smacks at the water.

Human neurons transplanted into a rat’s brain continue to grow, forming connections with the animals’ own brain cells and helping guide their behavior, new research has shown.

When the neurons stopped working, the mice ate about 1200% more food than they normally would, and they made chewing movements even when there wasn't any food available to them.

With 3,016 neurons and 58,000 neural connections, ... University and the University of Cambridge announced they'd completed a 12-year-long effort to map the brain of a baby fruit fly; ...

A quarter-century ago, researchers discovered that adults, not just developing infants, can generate new brain cells, a process called neurogenesis. But it’s still not clear what role these new ...