A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

The human brain is not a fast-healing organ. Normally it doesn’t need to be as adult brain cells are stable and last for a ...

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

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Brain cells named for stars are finally getting their time to shine. Three distinct studies, published May 15 in Science, show that astrocytes, once thought of as support cells, powerfully shape how ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...