The locus coeruleus lies in the brain stem, just above the back of the neck – and contains around 50,000 cells, a tiny portion of the 86 billion neurons in the average central nervous system.

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

Scientists have discovered that neural stem cells (NSCs) receive constant feedback from their daughter cells, influencing whether they remain dormant or activate to form new neurons and glia.

Western New York is rallying behind Iroquois 8th grader Maxton Williams. The 14-year-old had been diagnosed with a rare form ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a way to stop tumor growth before it starts for a ...

Now, scientists at Gladstone Institutes and the regenerative medicine company SanBio have shown that a cell therapy derived from stem cells can restore normal patterns of brain activity after a stroke ...

The team’s approach could offer a transformative path for children with medulloblastoma and other aggressive types of brain ...

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new research led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...