Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...

A new study reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more quickly than earlier ones, allowing them to ...

Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.

A study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more rapidly to keep ...

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...