A small population of nerve cells appears to be responsible for blood flow and neural activity across the entire brain, ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

A new study published in eLife has found that a remarkably rare type of neuron acts as a master conductor for the brain’s ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, ...

The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study 1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted in ...

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

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

The findings may give vital clues to the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

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. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...