Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Major depression is not only a crisis of mood, it is also a crisis of biology that reshapes the brain itself. As genetic tools sharpen, scientists are now tracing how inherited risk for depression is ...

A new study suggests that the long-term antidepressant effects of psychedelics may be driven by persistent changes in how ...

For the first time, lab-grown human brain cells were implanted into rats, and successfully altered their behavior by integrating with their brains.

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

New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...

Johns Hopkins scientists reveal that “inactive” GluD brain proteins regulate neuronal communication and open up new ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

For some time, we've known that it's rare to see people with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists believe ...

A study finds low-dose THC plus celecoxib reduced memory loss and brain inflammation in mice with Alzheimer's.

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.