The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

Our past experiences shape how much we eat and where and what we choose to eat. Using preclinical models, researchers from ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & ...

AI-powered gene maps reveal the hidden control centers driving Alzheimer’s disease — and point to new hope for treatment.

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

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

A newly identified protein may hold the key to rejuvenating aging brain cells. Researchers found that boosting DMTF1 can restore the ability of neural stem cells to regenerate, even when age-related ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Stressed brain cells can survive longer by slowing sugar use, revealing a short-term protective response that later turns ...

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

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process to power their search-and-destroy missions. When immune cells rush to ...