A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Every year, millions of lives are suddenly, swiftly transformed by a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel travelling ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

For Day 3, we’re asking you to spend at least 20 minutes exercising for your brain. Go for a walk with your accountability ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...