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

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

The firm is launching a Phase II trial of its dendritic cell vaccine following promising preliminary efficacy and favorable safety results in Phase I.

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

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Putting the brakes on an enzyme might rescue neurons that are dying due to a type of Parkinson's disease that's caused by a single genetic mutation ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders ...

Glial cells help support, connect, and protect the neurons of the central and peripheral nervous systems. They come in many shapes, sizes, and types, each performing specialized functions.

At five weeks old—when symptoms have just begun but before severe decline—these mice received injections directly into their striata of human glial progenitor cells, early-stage glia that can mature ...

Brain tumors aren't always cancerous; benign tumors grow slowly and don't spread, while malignant ones are aggressive. Tumors are classified as primar ...

A new study published in Nature offers the most detailed map to date of how individual cell types in the brain change with ...

Cut off any part of this worm's body and it will regrow. This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of ...