Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in ...

The human brain may continue producing new neurons in adulthood, a finding that could help explain healthy aging.

Astrocytes have a more active role in stabilizing memories than once thought. Astrocytes were thought to simply support neurons in creating the physical traces of memories in the brain, but the study ...

The brain's ability to do everything from forming memories to coordinating movement relies on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein production, ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

For decades, neuroscientists focused almost exclusively on only half of the cells in the brain. Neurons were the main players, they thought, and everything else was made up of uninteresting support ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in whom the ability wanes, finds a study published today in Nature. The authors ...

The brain's ability to carry out everything from forming memories to coordinating movement depends on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein ...