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

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows ...

A small molecule known as 10H-phenothiazine reduced the loss of motor neurons, the nerve cells that are lost in SMA, in ...

Scientists have uncovered a connection between oral health and brain health. New research suggests that a common ...

Researchers say study findings may lead to a more promising future for cell therapy targeting stroke and other neurological disorders.

First discovered in the 1950s, NGF is now known to direct the growth, maintenance, proliferation and preservation of neurons ...

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

Flexoelectricity, which can transform mechanical deformation into electrical signals, could provide enough power to fire ...

Cells experience many different types of stress, such as starvation or stress caused by too much salt or too high a temperature. Insulin signals respond to such stress signals by sending the protein ...

A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...