This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

People diagnosed with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastics present in their brains than those without the condition, a new study has found.

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI ...

In patient-derived and animal tumour models, mubritinib suppressed glioblastoma stem cells and tumour growth by targeting ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples ...

This study presents a novel deep learning framework for digital staining in OCT, enabling high-resolution 3D imaging of brain ...

The zona incerta (ZI) is a deep brain region originally described by Auguste Forel as an “immensely confusing area about which nothing can be said.” Despite the elusive nature of this structure, ...

A recent 2021 review published in Advances in Food and Nutrition Research highlighted the importance of fish for brain health. Scientists not only emphasized the significance of fatty acids found in ...

If the human body were just a blob made up of a singular type of cell, then perhaps there would be at least some element of ...