Excitatory synapses send signals that encourage the creation ... promote dopamine function. Other Brain Cells (Glia) Although neurons are considered the basic units of the brain and nervous ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

A breakthrough study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical ...

Brain cells receive sensory inputs from the outside world and send signals throughout the body telling organs and muscles ...

Stem cells can restore brain function even weeks after a stroke. It reduces overactive brain signals and improves recovery.

Key TakeawaysBerkeley Lab researchers and their Harvard collaborators examined cell type and brain region specific features ...

Traditionally, scientists organized brain cells into two major types: neurons and glial cells. Neurons carry electrochemical signals, a bit like the copper wiring in a building. Glial cells ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ...

Researchers have long known the brain plays a role in overeating and obesity, but a new study sheds light on just how ...

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes and the regenerative medicine company SanBio have shown that a cell therapy derived from ...

Non-neuronal brain cells called tanycytes ... “Our hypothesis is that those cell types are getting less efficient at integrating signals from our environment or from things that we're consuming ...