Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a ...

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 ...

The human brain runs on a tight energy budget. Despite making up only 2% of our body weight, it devours around 20% of our energy. Every time we think, feel, move, or remember, billions of brain cells ...

Multiple sclerosis may quietly damage the brain for years before symptoms appear, and scientists can now see it coming.

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...