A new breakthrough technology, co-developed by UCL scientists, that simultaneously records and manipulates neuron activity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regenerating neurons may be one way to improve cognition. stanislavgusev/RooM via Getty Images Your brain can still make new ...

Tones, oddball sounds and words can spark brain cell responses, hinting at nuanced processing without consciousness.

A new Yale study reveals that major organ systems in the body aren't just passive structures operating on directions from ...

Neuropixels Opto is a single probe combining electrophysiology and optogenetics that simultaneously records and controls ...

Scientists in Japan have created powerful new vitamin K-based compounds that may help the brain regenerate lost neurons — a breakthrough that could one day change how diseases like Alzheimer’s and ...

Researchers use a vitamin K and vitamin A hybrid to transform stem cells into functional neurons, offering a potential path to restoring lost brain function.

Scientists have uncovered an early brain mechanism that may help explain why people carrying the APOE4 gene face a higher ...

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, ...

Neurons are the most well-known cells in the brain but they are not the only type of cell in this organ. The other main type is the glial cells, also known as neuroglia. Glia comes from the Greek word ...

How the brain functions is still a black box: scientists aren’t even sure how many kinds of nerve cells exist in the brain. To know how the brain works, they need to know not only what types of nerve ...