In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

UBC researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory—how the brain ...

In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

Although neurons are considered the basic units of the brain and nervous system, they do not do all the work. Glia are a non-neuronal category of cells that do not transmit electrical signals but ...

Wildfire smoke, long recognized as a health threat to the lungs and heart, may also pose significant risks to brain health, according to a study published in the International Journal of Molecular ...

Using a new method to study how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can alter molecular signatures in the brain.

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

The medication specifically targets tau proteins, which typically help maintain healthy brain cell structure but can become toxic when they malfunction. When these proteins begin to cluster ...