Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults ...

Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells.

Lab-grown dopamine cells show early success in Parkinson’s patients, improving movement and offering a new treatment path.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study is led by Professor Daniel Tornero (left) and researcher Alba Ortega , from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences ...

We can get silicon to "think" but the neuron can't be beat for efficiency. So, researchers worked to imitate it.

Researchers at Princeton University have developed a 3-dimensional device that merges living brain cells ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells - one of the few brain cell types that continue to be produced in the adult ...

When probes are inserted into the brain for research or clinical purposes, the electrical activity of neurons is recorded.

Scientists have trained a computer made from living human neurons to play the classic video game Doom, marking a strange but important step forward in biological computing. A clump of roughly 200,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astrocytes (red) are vital to forming neural connections. Jeffrey C. Smith Lab, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and ...

Every experience leaves a trace in the brain, a memory that can shape future behavior. Alcohol and other addictive substances ...