Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.

New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling towards the brain becomes obstructed, causing neurons to die off. Strokes are ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that one of the most common malignant brain tumors in young adults may begin years ...

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how ...

Detail of a pyramidal cell. Dendrites are red and orange. The axon is blue. Source: Allen Institute for Brain Science Neuroscience got its start more than 100 years ago when Santiago Ramon y Cajal and ...

Brain parasite cysts contain multiple active forms, not dormant cells, explaining treatment resistance and reactivation patterns.