Scientists found a way to convert brain cells called astrocytes into neurons. In theory, this could replenish neurons lost in ...

Physical activity causes a type of brain cell called astrocytes to contract, which then leads to the formation of new neurons ...

A fruit fly study shows motor neurons do more than relay commands: They send signals back to the brain and organize movement ...

A drug made up of a cage of nanoparticles and antibodies created neurons from another type of brain cell, which relieved ...

What if amyloid plaques are not the whole story of Alzheimer's disease? New research suggests that a broad range of Alzheimer ...

Eating may look effortless, but behind every bite, the brain runs a split-second relay of coordinated movement. In a recent ...

In 2023, the team behind the new study created a version of Trim-Away that delivers its antibodies through an injectable ...

Tiny human brain organoids survived for years outside the body, continued to mature, and even skipped ahead through stages of ...

The brains of people with depression seem to be worse at producing new neurons than are those of people without the disorder.

Physics is most readily applied to relatively simple systems: a pendulum, two electrons colliding or the structure of the ...

Ozempic may work in the brain in almost the opposite way scientists expected, activating hunger-linked neurons that appear ...

Octopus arms have an axial nerve cord built in repeating segments, the first case of nervous system segmentation documented ...