"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have developed artificial neurons that ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a ...

The sport's links to the disease are unproven but it has left a traumatic legacy in affecting so many high-profile players worldwide ...

What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a ...

Florida Atlantic University neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising role for a protein named "Frazzled" (known as DCC in ...

Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain all over the body, is poorly understood, but two studies – made up of millions of ...

Six students from Troy High have launched a nonprofit called Project Synara with the goal of educating the public about ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back. Scientists have been ...