Can the brain function when its architecture is altered? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) demonstrates that ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

I still vividly remember the first time we observed neurons responding not to audible sound, but to concentrated, precisely ...

For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...

Scientists have found a key brain network that’s disrupted by Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published today in ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal ...

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...