A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.
Some people remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer's brain changes. A new study suggests rare immature neurons may help ...
Autophagy is the process by which cells remove damaged proteins, recycle worn-out organelles (e.g., mitochondria), clear ...
A virus that normally infects mice has produced Parkinson’s-like brain damage in rodents without any other intervention. In a ...
Language-Specific Hardware: At the single-neuron level inside the hippocampus, individual cells are largely language-specific ...
New research suggests the wisdom teeth you had pulled may have held two secret abilities all along, scientists now confirm.
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from ...
Researchers at UW’s Steinmetz Lab have found that the somatosensory cortex – the brain region mapping sensation throughout ...
Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Among these, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are the most common; in the United States alone, the Alzheimer's Disease ...
Neurons tucked away in an ancient part of the brain control the ability to pay attention by suppressing distractions and directing focus. The discovery of these neurons in mice by Johns Hopkins ...