Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

Now, researchers have successfully modeled the vesicle cycle in unprecedented detail, revealing new information about the way ...

Schwartz: The Jennifer Aniston neuron comes from a study done by a neurosurgeon named Itzhak Fried, who was putting electrodes into the brain to treat epilepsy.

A groundbreaking study shows that the human hippocampus continues producing new neurons well into late adulthood.

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the ...

The team’s findings showed that these neuronal predecessors are indeed present in the hippocampus throughout adulthood, ...

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...