Despite the challenge, seeking a better understanding of human nervous system function and the natural world beyond is key to ...

A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

A new understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is shaking up what many believed about how this devastating illness takes hold.

MIT researchers propose a groundbreaking theory highlighting astrocytes' crucial role in memory storage, challenging the ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

Neuroscientists can now make precise genetic tweaks to the neurons that are most affected by brain diseases such as Parkinson ...

Brazilian researchers found that boosting the synthesis of hevin, a glycoprotein naturally secreted by astrocytes, led to ...

A decentralized nervous system is one factor that helps octopuses adapt to changes, such as injury or predation, as seen in the case of an Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, that was observed with ...

As the global population ages, the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, ...

A new study published in Nature reveals how olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) achieve extraordinary precision in selecting ...

Using a tool called Automated Meiotic Mapping (AMM) that was developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, a team of ...

Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement—they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision.