Scientists have identified a protective brain pathway that may help slow the progression of Parkinson's disease by ...

A tiny switch in DNA allows neurons to change their function depending on the environment and alter behavior in worms.

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a "molecular switch" involving the protein Teneurin 4 (Ten4).

For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...

Neurons aren’t just brain cells—they’re intricate biological machines that transmit, process, and adapt to information using both electrical and chemical signals. Supported by glial cells, they form ...

Credit: Mark Hersam/Northwestern University Printed artificial neurons can now send lifelike signals that activate real brain ...

Neuronal specification, expansion and differentiation are tightly regulated by the concerted actions of transcription and chromatin modifying factors that are recruited to regulatory elements in the ...

Brain function has traditionally been interpreted within a neuron-centric framework; however, this view has shifted toward a model of neuron-glia ...

A decade-long study reveals that astrocytes, long dismissed as mere support cells, play an active role in telling the brain when to stop eating — opening a potential new therapeutic target for obesity ...

In a new study published in Science titled, “Mitochondrial metabolism and signaling direct dendritic cell function in antitumor immunity,” researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have ...