Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

Researchers developed a way to directly reprogram human glial cells into PV interneurons without passing through a stem‑cell stage.

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a long elusive goal: pinpointing the exact brain cells that make anxiety surge or suddenly ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

Scientists are still debating whether the human brain is capable of growing new cells past childhood. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

Clearing out “aged” brain cells dramatically reduced seizures and restored memory in a new epilepsy study.

What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...