In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

Cells don’t just follow a rigid script when responding to stress – they’re far more adaptable than we thought. A new study ...

A new study suggests that never-seen-before stem cells in the human retina can restore vision in mice with a common eye ...

New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

Dr. Drew Ramsey has been a psychiatrist for over 20 years, and he’s consistently found throughout his neuroscience research ...

The most comprehensive model of the brain’s metabolism, incorporating more than 16,800 biochemical interactions, has ...

Scientists at Auburn University have uncovered a fundamental principle of how brain cells stay connected, and their discovery could change how we understand Alzheimer's disease.

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

The body’s cells respond to stress—toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults—by pausing normal functions to focus on ...

In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts ...

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of the most common brain disorders linked to aging, affecting movement and often leading to ...