Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important ...

Imagine a world where Alzheimer's disease could be effectively treated, not just managed. We might be one step closer to that ...

Scientists have taken the most detailed picture yet of the dynamic brain changes that unfold over the course of a human ...

An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

But they focused mostly on overall structure or zoomed in on molecular details. They didn’t chart the long journey of each individual cell’s role that, together, led to Alzheimer’s. “Past studies have ...

A mechanism for metabolic disease is traced to a defective cellular scaffolding that holds together the brain’s hunger cells.

For the first time, scientists have mapped the human brain during pregnancy and witnessed the stages of this metamorphosis.

Long-read sequencing uncovered hundreds of thousands of new isoforms not previously identified during development.

As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care ...

In hospital operating rooms and intensive care units, propofol is a drug of choice, widely used to sedate patients for their comfort or render them fully unconscious for invasive procedures.