MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

UCI’s $12M CIRM award for hNSC-01 marks a pivotal shift to clinical-stage development. See how this state-funded "bridge" is ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a long elusive goal: pinpointing the exact brain cells that make anxiety surge or suddenly ...

About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

A team of scientists—including Agnieszka Ciesielska (left), Barbara Klein (center), and Jeanne Paz (right)—showed that modified stem cells can improve brain activity, even when administered more than ...

Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens ...

More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and two-thirds of them are women, according to the Alzheimer's ...

Gliomas are cancers that originate directly in the brain, instead of spreading to the brain from other parts of the body.

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor. UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...