A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

The origin of some neuropsychiatric diseases, such as autism, bipolar disorder, or depression, and certain neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, can be found in very early stages of ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help repair damaged brain circuits. The research explains how transplanted cells ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

Explore the groundbreaking role of the OTULIN enzyme in regulating the immune system and its link to neurodegenerative ...