Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting millions of people ...

A University of Alberta research team has discovered a new function for brain molecules known as gangliosides, offering ...

New data reveals differences in gene activity in the brains of men and women. They start in the womb and evolved millions of ...

A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like ...

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting millions of people worldwide.

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

Oxford and Cambridge researchers who produced the image map which uncovers the secrets of why humans get disease say it ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Seeing these brain “neighborhoods” could help to cure disorders like Alzheimer’s. One day they may help explain where consciousness lives, and why it exists.

In the fight against disease, programmed cell death – also known as apoptosis – is a key protective function of the body.