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

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

New research reveals that neurons release a little-understood extracellular kinase called VLK to strengthen synaptic ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel traveling ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along with the buildup of amyloid-beta (amyloid) plaques and tau protein tangles.

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

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

Even newer “minimally invasive” ideas, like stent-mounted electrodes deployed through blood vessels, still require a catheter ...

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

After you close your eyes, there is actually a certain point that brain activity falls off sharply, plunging until it reaches ...

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