Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can continue to develop new brain cells into old age. Researchers at Sweden’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "Neurogenesis," or the formation of new neurons, is known to take place before birth. But some ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

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

Neurodegenerative diseases remain some of the most difficult conditions to treat. Disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s gradually destroy brain cells, leaving people with worsening memory, ...

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...

Most of us were taught as kids that you don't get new neurons as an adult. The party line was that by the time you were old enough to care what a neuron was, you had all that you would ever have, and ...

It takes a surprisingly small cluster of brain cells deep within the cerebellum to learn how to serve a tennis ball or line up a hockey shot. Researchers at McGill University led by Kathleen Cullen ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...