Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

Scientists discover that sickle cell disease forces the brain to recruit extra "attention backup" to maintain normal cognitive function.

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Researchers reveal that lack of sleep damages the myelin sheath in the brain and slows the rate of neural signal transmission ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Nerve cells in the brain are constantly bombarded with information from different senses simultaneously. How can the brain prioritize what is most important?

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have used 3D imaging, special microscopes and artificial intelligence (AI) programs to construct new maps of mouse brains showing a precise location of more than 10 ...

Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper published in Cell ...

When myelin breaks down, white matter in the brain deteriorates, a change commonly seen with aging. At the same time, microglia, the brain’s primary immune cells, can shift from protective responders ...

A newly discovered biological chain reaction explains how high levels of a common brain chemical can lead to cellular overdrive in autism spectrum disorder. By tracing how nitric oxide disables a ...