As we age, the brain undergoes various changes. Neurons function less efficiently, and key regulatory systems within the ...

During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a "molecular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. abstract brain cell A small population of nerve cells appears to be responsible for blood flow and neural activity across the ...

A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...

Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells.

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

Researchers at Leipzig University have gained important insights into learning mechanisms in the brain of the fruit fly ...

Neurons are the most well-known cells in the brain but they are not the only type of cell in this organ. The other main type is the glial cells, also known as neuroglia. Glia comes from the Greek word ...

What if your high blood pressure isn't just about what you eat or how much you exercise—but something happening deep inside ...