Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying in Parkinson's disease, stabilizing the progression of ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

New research reveals that the protein Dystroglycan plays a critical role in forming and maintaining connections between nerve ...

New research reveals that human memory may prioritize people and places over context, offering insight into how our brains ...

The protein is linked to a type of muscular dystrophy Jennifer Jahncke, Ph.D. (left), a postdoctoral scholar working in the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is thought to impact about 2.3 million people around the ...

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...

UCLA researchers have made a significant discovery showing that biological brains and artificial intelligence systems develop ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that neurons can burn fat, challenging the long-held belief that the brain relies solely on glucose for fuel.

A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that ...

Scientists at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have developed mouse models that survive premature death and enable pre-clinical ...