A cluster of rat neurons, grown on a chip in a Japanese laboratory, just learned to generate a sine wave on command. Across ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

We can get silicon to "think" but the neuron can't be beat for efficiency. So, researchers worked to imitate it.

Canadian researchers show that stress modifies the morphology of brain cells in mice, directly influencing the rodents' level of physical activity. Astrocytes in the lateral hypothalamus region of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

Researchers discovered that variations in kinesin motor proteins control selective cargo transport in neurons, enabling ...

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that clusters of brain tissue derived from the cells of patients ...

Individuals who carry common genetic variants associated with autism tend to have lower density in the brain’s microscopic ...

The average lifespan of a red blood cell is just under four months, while skin cells last about a month and those in the ...