Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regenerating neurons may be one way to improve cognition. stanislavgusev/RooM via Getty Images Your brain can still make new ...

For decades, textbooks told students the human brain held roughly 100 billion neurons and that glial cells outnumbered them ...

The brain’s cognitive capabilities, including perception, reasoning, learning, and decision-making, arise from the complex interplay among neuronal circuits. These circuits possess topologies and ...

Researchers at Niigata University's Brain Research Institute have uncovered a new function of amyloid precursor protein (APP) ...

Researchers in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have discovered a ...

The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is important for higher cognitive functions, including working memory, decision making, and emotional control. In vivo recordings of neuronal activity in the mPFC ...

A neuron is a nerve cell that is the basic building block of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Neurons are similar to other cells in the human body in a number of ways, but ...

Researchers at Niigata University's Brain Research Institute have uncovered a new function of amyloid precursor protein (APP) ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? To uncover the relationship between neurogenesis in ...