Senescent "zombie" cells are essential architects required to build and maintain the brain's protective barriers.

How does a single cell build a brain with billions of precisely organized neurons? Researchers suggest that brain cells use ...

Researchers found that senescent cells help form the brain’s protective barriers during development, coordinating specialized ...

The researchers found that specific neurons increased their electrical firing rate just before certain components of speech, ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising principle behind the brain's intricate development from a single cell. Researchers ...

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Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine may have uncovered a promising new way to combat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease ...

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Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...

A chance discovery at Nagoya University in Japan has shown that a well-known brain enzyme has a hidden ability: It builds a ...

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Place cells are neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, that help the brain keep track of the body’s location in space. Arrays of these cells form a cognitive map, firing off electrical ...