The progression of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood, but new research may have found how the plaques that cause it ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Dopamine is often called the brain's "motivation molecule," but for me, it represents something deeper, a window into how ...

The brain's immune system is getting attention at the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago. A lot of research is now focused on the interaction of neurons, glial cells and other immune cells. There's a ...

In the lingo of the field, dopamine-producing cells are measuring a reward prediction error — the difference between the ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside ...

University of Wollongong (UOW) scientists have developed a breakthrough therapy that clears toxic proteins from nerve cells—a ...

Thiorphan promotes neural regeneration after a spinal cord injury, according to new research published in Nature on Oct. 29.

Artificial neurons that mimic real brain cells using ion-based signals instead of electrons—promising ultra-efficient, ...