Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Scientists developed two new sensors that can detect brain cell communication in real time, tracking chemical messages ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have discovered that not all cell types in the brain age in the same way. They found that some cells, ...

Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens ...

In the midst of our busy schedules, finding moments of silence can be a challenging task. However, a compelling body of scientific research now suggests that the act of sitting in silence for just two ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...