The involuntary part of the PNS includes the sympathetic ... gaining the ability to control brain cells with the flash of a light. The cells can be programmed to react to light through genetic ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

Stanford Medicine scientists are generating a periodic table of sorts for psychiatric disorders, providing a better ...

The brain tries to repair damage after a stroke by utilizing its own repair cells, which function like skilled craftsmen.

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as “Jennifer Aniston cells,” ...

Jan. 31, 2025 — Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders' relationship with their sport, a new study ... Brain Cells Remain Healthy After a Month on the International ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is ... and this variation was enriched in certain neuronal cell populations. The genetic architecture underlying bipolar disorder varied ...

Investigators have discovered that activity in two widely distributed brain networks previously considered separate are ...

The researchers analyzed which parts of each chromosome were available for expressing genes in each cell. They also labeled where each cell had been taken from in the brain. The scientists focused on ...

The work could lead to improvements to stem cell therapy and contribute to the development of other treatments with similar impacts on the brain. Targeting Brain Hyperexcitability An ischemic stroke ...