Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

An important chemical messenger that typically inhibits brain activity might sometimes do the opposite, according to new Yale ...

Hibernation causes rapid, reversible structural changes in squirrel neurons, offering new avenues for human stroke recovery.

Even in the primary visual cortex, a brain region named for its specialized role in processing basic features of what the ...

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at the Texas Children’s Hospital have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain. The team ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is ...

A recent study published in the journal Neuron suggests that the brain plays a direct role in how the body builds endurance ...