Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...

Columbia scientists mapped brain mitochondria for the first time, revealing how energy shapes memory, mood, and mental health ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a ...

Cells don’t just follow a rigid script when responding to stress – they’re far more adaptable than we thought. A new study ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

The body’s cells respond to stress—toxins, mutations, starvation or other assaults—by pausing normal functions to focus on ...

In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts ...