A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...

Glucose, nutrients, and oxygen are crucial for normal brain function. Providing the brain with fuel via diet and exercise is ...

A new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers one of the most comprehensive views yet of how brain ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Artificial plastic neurons mimic brain-like activity, showing advanced signal processing and potential for breakthroughs in ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

Lab-grown brain cells improved stroke recovery in mice by repairing circuits and reducing damage. Human trials could follow within 5–7 years.

When someone has a stroke—a leading worldwide cause of death and disability—time is of the essence. Almost nine out of 10 ...

Researchers who induced strokes in mice and then transplanted human neural stem cells into their brains found that neurons ...