Our brains age along with the rest of our bodies, and as they do, they produce fewer new brain cells. Now, researchers have ...

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...

To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate communication network is built of billions of neurons connected by synapses ...

Air pollution was associated with risk for developing motor neuron disease such as ALS and likely contributes to an ...

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, along with other collaborators, report that lung adenocarcinoma can engage nerve pathways that link the ...

The discovery of a single neuron responding only to Jennifer Aniston revealed how the brain may use highly specialized cells ...