The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

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

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

IDH-mutant glioma, caused by abnormalities in a specific gene (IDH), is the most common malignant brain tumor among young ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers or fading signals. The advance makes it possible to watch individual brain ...

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

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye-called the ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by ...