A new Yale School of Medicine (YSM) study has uncovered surprising new details about how our eyes process what we see. When ...

Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising weakness in glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. They found ...

The idea that two conditions at opposite ends of life might be biologically linked is beginning to upend long-standing ...

When the stomach is full, how does the brain know to stop eating? Scientists long assumed the answer lies mainly with neurons ...

When AHR is turned off, neurons shift priorities. They increase protein production and activate pathways that support axon growth. The team also found that this regenerative response depends on ...

Your brain’s “stop eating” signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes—once thought to just support neurons—actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a ...

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the ...

Cortisol can disrupt the brain’s ability to manage stress, such as provoked by traumatic social media content—and its impact ...

Can we regrow damaged nerves? A new study identifies the AHR protein as the switch that limits axon regeneration.

An ALS patient named Kenneth shares how a Neuralink brain implant restored his ability to communicate in his own voice ...

Axons are the long fibers that carry signals between nerve cells, or neurons, in both central and peripheral nervous systems.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the regrowth of damaged axonal ...