Among the newly identified brain cell types were some in the neocortex and the striatum region, which controls movement and certain other functions. Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious ...

In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

A new stem cell treatment could offer hope for people living with Parkinson’s - More than 1 million Americans live with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted with high specificity by one of the many new genetic tools ...

Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to ...

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...

Knowing which lysosomal proteins are enriched in which brain cell types will help better understand contribution to neurological disorders.

A major neuroscience breakthrough has been achieved with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithm. In a study published this month in Cell, a multinational team of ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than one million people in the United ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...