A single damaged protein inside one brain cell may seem insignificant. Yet new research shows how that small mistake can ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

A stem cell therapy for stroke restored neuron function and revealed how transplanted cells navigate the nervous system.

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University of Utah researchers at the Pulst-Scoles Laboratory have discovered that reducing levels of the STAUFEN-1 protein ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and ...

Your brain is wrinkled like a walnut, and those wrinkles aren't just for show. Each fold increases the amount of surface area ...

Researchers identify “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating. Scientists have discovered a specific group of brain cells that create ...

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.

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...