Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, affecting 1 in 4 people during their lifetime. Stroke happens when blood ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research. An often-ignored type of cell in the brain ...

Neurons have dominated neuroscience research for decades, but a growing body of evidence suggests that a group of ...

Specially engineered 'young' immune cells could help to reverse the effects of aging and the damage to brain cells caused by ...

Researchers have identified a rare type of brain cell whose overactivity may contribute to schizophrenia-like symptoms, such as cognitive deficits and disrupted sleep.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps ...