Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

The functioning of neurons, cells that transmit information in the nervous system, heavily relies on the production of ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...

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

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry ...

That’s why in the future, she thinks, neural prostheses meant for patients with a stroke or paralysis will decode facial ...

A new study reveals how biological branching networks use surface geometry to shape blood vessels, brains, and plants.

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 ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Researchers have identified OTULIN, an immune-regulating enzyme, as a key trigger of tau buildup in the brain. When OTULIN ...

Pain sensing neurons in the gut kindle inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and asthma, according to a new ...