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

By examining genetic clues that linger in adult cells, scientists have now gained surprising insights into the developmental ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...

If humans or animals eat something that causes them to feel unwell, they subsequently avoid this food source. Until now, it ...

The findings indicate that it may be possible to improve nerve cell health in ALS by modulating the activity of certain ...

A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Research will make the study of diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s easier, and could lead to personalised therapies for a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. The nerve cells generated by ...