The phrase "neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in human brains, but neurons ...

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare brain tumor that develops in the regions close to the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. The ...

Janelia announces the establishment of the neuronal cell biology program and recruitment of the first group leaders. After nearly a decade of advancing circuit-level neurobiology and imaging, Howard ...

The tumor cells of highly aggressive glioblastomas grow into the brain like a mycelium. This invasion is promoted by the ...

In most research labs, the scientists are on the same page about why they're pursuing a research project. But the Rubin Lab ...

Using a cell model that emulates early neural development, the researchers confirmed that cells with diminished INST10 not only exhibit very different gene-expression signatures—they also ...

The team behind the project investigated neural networks grown from both mouse and human cells. Mouse cortical cells were harvested from embryos for the purpose, while in the human cell case ...

Learn how advanced modeling techniques provide deeper understanding in live-cell analysis in Parkinson's disease research.

Harvard Medical School neuro-oncologist Annie Hsieh treats patients with gliomas—the most common type of brain cancer, ...