Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.

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A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our ...

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It's never too early—or too late—to safeguard your mind against age-related decline. Here's what you can start doing today.

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The increasing implication of glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases makes them an appealing addition to iPSC-based model systems for investigating disease mechanisms.

A new resource by Rappe et al (2024) now provides a spatiotemporal landscape of mitophagy changes during mouse brain aging at ...

The brain transmits signals in a complex and quick way as neurons and glial cells work together. Professor Lee's team created ...

The human brain is white and gray in color because it makes its very own cholesterol. Neurosteroids offer exciting novel ...

Maturing Plaques. The oldest plaques (left) contain β-sheets (red) and dense fibrillar cores (blue), while younger plaques (middle) lack dense cores, and the youngest (right) lack either. [Courtesy of ...