A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

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

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 ...

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

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

A research team led by Director Seongkyoon Choi of the Core Protein Resources Center and Professor Wookyung Yu of the Department of Brain Sciences at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & ...

A new method of reversing Alzheimer's shows promise in an animal study, as researchers at University Hospitals restore brain ...