Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the human hippocampus continues to produce new neurons ...

Importantly, the team found that mutations associated with neurological conditions like autism and schizophrenia can ...

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

New neurons in your brain? A landmark study from Karolinska Institutet finds adults keep forming brain cells into the old age ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition that affects a significant proportion of older people ...

A recent research finding adds to evidence that brain inflammation is a major driver of neurodegenerative disorders such as ...

Ginty’s all-time favorite touch neuron, however, is the Pacinian neuron, whose axon forms the onion-shaped Pacinian corpuscle. In humans and other primates, Pacinian corpuscles lie deep in the ...

The fact that C. elegans is translucent and contains just 302 neurons (Brenner, 1974) makes it well suited to such an imaging approach. Nichols et al. first examined what happens when the axon of the ...

Taser-maker Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) could see its stock soar tomorrow, padding gains of almost 150% that it has already made in 2024. That’s because Axon could be added to the Nasdaq 100 ...

In a separate experiment, the researchers extracted cholesterol from the neuron’s membrane to enhance its fluidity and reduce stiffness. Under these circumstances, they observed a decrease in pearling ...