A devastating disease stole a mother’s ability to hold her children, speak clearly, or breathe with ease. Her courageous ...

You are not one self, but many. Psychology and neuroscience now agree that our identity is made of parts, shaped by brain ...

While life seems like one long, continuous flow of experiences, our memories don’t work that way. Instead of remembering ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step ...

Researchers have observed a mechanism in the brain that may ‘pump the brakes’ on acute pain to prevent overload while not inhibiting chronic pain at all.

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

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

Researchers have created over 400 distinct types of human nerve cells in vitro, vastly expanding the diversity available for ...

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...