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Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

New research highlights how astrocytes, long considered mere support cells, actively shape brain network dynamics.

A Florida Atlantic University study shows that astrocytes, glial cells long viewed as passive, actively influence brain ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

A groundbreaking study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet reveals that the human brain continues to grow new neurons even ...

Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether ...

Not only do neural progenitors persist in the adult brain, but many of these cells are in active stages of division.

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells - non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons - are finally stepping into ...