Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

Brain tissue is an optical mess. Water, lipids, and tangled cellular membranes all bend light in different directions. If ...

Scientists reprogram brain cells to remove Alzheimer’s plaques with a single injection, showing a new approach to long-term ...

Two squirts of a nasal spray, spaced days apart, were enough to quiet overactive immune cells in the brains of aging mice and ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...

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Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visualization of 75,000 neurons (colored dots) active across the brain of an adult mouse across different stages of a ...

Researchers have developed printable artificial neurons that can communicate with living mouse brain cells, a breakthrough that could advance brain-computer interfaces and neuromorphic computing. The ...

Discovery that astrocyte networks shrink and reroute after a loss of sensory signals suggests they may be shaped by experience.

Using sensors and a light-activated drug, the team mapped neural pathways used by endogenous opioids to send pain relief ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral changes. The deficits linked to AD are known to result from the ...