Why do some people remain healthy through childhood yet become more vulnerable to brain disorders such as dementia later in ...

A new study reveals that the brain’s vulnerability to disorders like multiple sclerosis and dementia may begin in early life.

The question of whether adult brains grow new brain cells has been debated for more than 60 years. Known as "neurogenesis", this process has been observed in the brain of other adult animals, yet its ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain’s memory centre, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. The research from Karolinska ...

For more than a decade, there’s been growing proof that adult humans can form new neurons in the hippocampus, but scientists were still missing evidence of a missing link known as “neural progenitor ...

Brain organoids are usually grown to mirror individual sections of the brain, and not the entire organ. Biomedical engineers have achieved a major breakthrough in organoid research, pushing us closer ...

Human brain cells, classified into different groups according to gene expression (each color represents a group), are mapped back to their original locations in the human brain. A detailed analysis of ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Researchers say the constant use of artificial intelligence is inhibiting crucial brain development in college students. MIT recently conducted a study looking at brain ...