Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a long elusive goal: pinpointing the exact brain cells that make anxiety surge or suddenly ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body.

Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

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 ...

Midlife brings a different situation. Body systems respond in new ways, and weight loss may trigger hidden changes inside the ...