Myelin sheaths serve in large part to increase the speed ... of the brain during adulthood. One major brain structure in which neurogenesis occurs in adults is the hippocampus, which plays an ...

The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is the first of ... smaller-scale efforts which have mapped out ...

Levels of microplastics in the brain have shot up 50% in just eight years, according to samples tested by researchers in New ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, often called “the father of modern neuroscience,” made it clear: In adults, “the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, and immutable.

Having ADHD as an adult can make it hard to focus ... researchers say people with the condition have differences in brain structure, function, and chemistry compared to those without it.

Scientists have created a full map of an adult brain for the first time. The 3D model of all of the neurons of a fruit fly, ...

In recent years, images and videos taken with state-of-the-art microscopy techniques have shown that new neurons in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus go through a series of changes as they link up ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.

In this study, we identified neuronal precursors that can disperse through adult mammalian brain tissue. Transplanted neuronal precursors from embryonic medial ganglionic eminence (MGE), but not ...