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

An estimated 86 billion neurons in the average human brain govern our body’s functions and conjure — somehow — the human mind. C. elegans has 302 neurons in one sex and a few more in the other.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye-called the ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...