It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

New research supports brain cell transplantation as a treatment for some neurological disorders. A team from McGill ...

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Now, biotech companies and researchers are interested in developing technologies that can determine not only cell type and location, but also shape and distribution of human and primate brain cells.

Neuroscientists have identified specialized brain cells that form flexible "coordinate systems" to help us track where we are within a sequence of actions.

Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from ... Epigenetic Changes Reprogram Astrocytes Into Brain Stem Cells Sep. 4, 2024 — Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

Neural stem cells are the source of the brain's primary functional cells. After the initial development of the brain, neural stem cells typically enter a dormant state, conserving energy and ...

Researchers believe new findings about a form of cellular suicide gives new ideas for treating Alzheimer's Scientists in the UK and Belgium think they have figured out how brain cells die in ...

Astrocytes — named for their star-like shape — are a type of brain cell as abundant as neurons in the central nervous system, but little is known about their role in brain health and disease.

“START is helping us create a detailed blueprint of the brain’s ... or two cells with similar gene expression could be further separated based on their anatomy, connectivity, or physiology.