Two small clinical trials tested the safety of injecting stem cells into the brains of Parkinson's patients and found no ...

A massive, multi-year project led by over 150 scientists has produced the most detailed map yet of how visual information travels through the brain – revealing more than 500 million connections in a ...

The protein responsible for binding neural stem cells in the human brain, Neuro-cadherin, also plays a key role in ...

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of ...

Researchers use biocompatible polydopamine nanoparticles and near-infrared light to remotely trigger activity in neuron and ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

Researchers have identified a key enzyme driving forms of Parkinson’s, and have shown how blocking it restores normal ...

The brain learns due to neurons using multiple mechanisms to store knowledge according to a new study by researchers.

Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this ...

A study has revealed that individual neurons use distinct rules across their dendritic compartments to strengthen synapses ...