A contraceptive drug helps human nerve cells regenerate by unlocking their forgotten embryonic healing abilities.

Researchers created Compound 10 to block GRK2 enzyme aggregation and protect mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease.

Small plastic particles alter neuron growth, suggesting that particle size may be just as important as the amount of plastic ...

Cambridge scientists have grown miniature circuits in the lab that mimic how the brain and spinal cord connect, which ...

The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it ...

Huntington disease is a rare, inherited brain disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells, leading to worsening movement ...

Obesity is a global health problem that affects many people. In recent years, very promising anti-obesity drugs have been developed. Despite these successes, there are patients who do not respond to ...

Cambridge researchers used lab-grown human brain and spinal cord tissues to uncover a hidden mechanism that blocks nerve repair. By reversing that biological brake, they restored the ability of ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, working in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have achieved an important breakthrough in brain research. The ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...