Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

We can get silicon to "think" but the neuron can't be beat for efficiency. So, researchers worked to imitate it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

A cluster of rat neurons, grown on a chip in a Japanese laboratory, just learned to generate a sine wave on command. Across ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A donated superager brain. (Shane Collins, Northwestern University) Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational ...

Researchers had previously discovered a population of immune cells within the brain that can act as accelerators and brakes ...

The need for medical treatments for rare diseases such as Leigh syndrome is high. However, low patient numbers make research ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...