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

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

A cluster of rat neurons, grown on a chip in a Japanese laboratory, just learned to generate a sine wave on command. Across ...

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

Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

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

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...