But a landmark new study turns that dogma on its head, offering the clearest evidence yet that adult humans continue to form ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset ...

New research reveals that sugar metabolism in brain cells may be a crucial defense against Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

Someone who has brainstem death cannot have any form of bodily response; it is mostly their heart that is beating.