Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether ...

Experts discover how the hippocampus might grow new cells throughout life, even in old age. In a Nutshell A new study finds ...

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute offers strong evidence that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, ...

By shutting down a hyperactive enzyme, scientists got damaged brain cells to regrow their lost “antennae” and restart ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

New research reveals that the protein Dystroglycan plays a critical role in forming and maintaining connections between nerve ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

UC Riverside study may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 2.3 ...

Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the ...

Instead of relying on a single neuron, the brain uses the pattern of activity across many neurons to encode information to ...