A new study by Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

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Columbia scientists have found that boosting the performance of a self-cleansing system in the brain helps flush amyloid and tau toxins from the brains of mice and improves the animals' cognition.

Our evolutionary advantage over our primate relatives may come down to accelerated genetic expression in just six types of brain cells.

A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has uncovered how the MN1 gene evolved to shape both the ...

With co-lead Professor Thomas Carew and colleagues, Kukushkin carried out experiments in the lab using two immortalized human ...

Health influencers – perhaps including Health Secretary RFK Jr. – are promoting the chemical as an elixir that improves ...

A Longevity and Lifestyle Medicine Doctor based in London, Alka tells Metro that despite being in her fifties, 23 is her ...

On most mornings, one of the first stops through my waking-up routine is the kitchen ... Our brains depend on proper hydration to function optimally. Brain cells require a delicate balance between ...

In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: ...