Stem cells differentiated into brain and neural organoids may help scientists understand both brain development and ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they unexpectedly found new information about a protein's special role in getting ...

Microplastics have even been found inside our bones – but what impact are they having on our health? Here's everything we ...

Because brain health and mitochondrial function are tightly linked, Kurouski believes protecting mitochondria in brain cells could lead to meaningful improvement in brain function after damage ...

Scientists want to build 'living' computers—powered by live brain cells The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

It’s well-understood that brain plasticity in children—including a process known as “neurogenesis,” which describes the creation of new neurons —is significantly greater than adults.

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s ...

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that electrical activity in synapses—the junctions between neurons where ...

A molecular dynamics study reveals that nymphaeol A, a propolis compound with therapeutic properties, spontaneously inserts into cell membranes. These findings help explain the biological activity ...

The brain's storage capacity has been modeled with networks, and synapses with more than one link are needed to explain the vast storage ability of the human brain. But synapses are typically thought ...

Cells Outside The Brain Show Signs Of Memory And "Learning" For The First Time “It’s just a generic property of all cells.” ...

The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just as biologists document species of plants and animals, neuroscientists ...