Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one ...

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.