After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...

Parkinson’s disease has long been defined by the slow, relentless loss of dopamine-producing neurons, with treatments focused ...

Brain microphysiological systems are reshaping in vitro neurotoxicity testing through functional validation and advanced ...

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently ...

Brain cells that promote tumor expansion for aggressive cancers such as glioblastoma can be “flipped” to instead inhibit that growth and potentially halt their spread, according to a study published ...

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

For more than a century, the story of the brain has been told as a tale of neurons, with every thought and memory traced to their electrical chatter. That narrative is now being rewritten as evidence ...

Learn how the brain’s replay system helps us consolidate memories — and what goes wrong when Alzheimer’s disease interferes ...

The University of Cincinnati team is testing a glioblastoma-on-a-chip for immunotherapy using a wafer technology to fight brain cancer.

Stressed brain cells can survive longer by slowing sugar use, revealing a short-term protective response that later turns ...