A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides evidence that aging and injury lead to the buildup of senescent neurons ...

The studies in the journal Science have backed up the increasing body of research work showing that astrocytes are much more ...

In a comprehensive research study, scientists have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism explaining how neurons survive ...

Researchers have discovered how an ion channel in the brain's neurons has a kind of 'molecular memory', which contributes to the formation and preservation of lifelong memories.

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...

Each octopus arm has its own dense network of neurons, up to 350 million across all eight arms, that can work without the ...

Several studies have looked at how we adapt to large changes in visual input by asking people to wear goggles that flip the ...