A small device that senses light and reacts like a brain cell could change how machines see and think. Built at the nanoscale ...

For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary ...

Neurons, the uber-connected nerve cells that act as a main switchboard for the brain, are central to some incredibly complicated processes. They make it possible to think, walk, speak, and breathe.

A new study reveals that axon formation is driven by an internal molecular zipper protein complex called Arp2/3.

In healthy rodent brains, newborn neurons are constantly generated in the stem cell niche, known as the subventricular zone (SVZ). These cells might help to repair a brain that has been damaged by ...

Interim clinical findings from the first Phase I/IIa trial using autologous-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived ...

Researchers have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death that appears to play a major role in ...

The team worked for 10 years to uncover the hidden brain-cell death process fueling several dementias, revealing a key new ...