After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future ...

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

New research shows that adults' brains still carry stem cells that grow, divide, and eventually become new mature neurons.

In AD, synaptic plasticity, the brain’s ability to regulate the strength of synaptic connections between neurons, is significantly disrupted. This worsens over time, reducing cognitive and memory ...

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

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

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson's disease that's caused by a ...

Inhibition of LKKR2 may rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson’s disease that is caused by a single genetic ...