Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

Anomalies in glial cell density and corpus callosum diameter raise questions about their role in Einstein’s remarkable ...

Professor Levin directs both the Allen Discovery Center and the Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology at Tufts University in Massachusetts. His lab is unusual for the field of biology, a ...

Discover how the brain "eats" itself during a marathon, and how the recovery process opens doors to possible MS treatments.

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains — nine, to be exact. In addition to a central brain located between its ...

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

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

A basic review of the anatomy, physiology and personal protective equipment related to the respiratory system.

Q: I live in a retirement community and have noticed that while some neighbors seem to have mild trouble with remembering things, others the same age have severe cognition problems.