Despite its small size—it could sit in the palm of your hand—the zebra finch is a remarkable learner. A songbird native to ...

Researchers suggest tunneling may reflect a conserved strategy adopted by specialized migratory cell types in dense tissues.

Researchers at Boston University have discovered a surprising mechanism in the brains of zebra ...

Dopamine neurons in the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA) ...

Why don't humans grow new brain cells? A new study shows "tunneling" neurons in songbirds may explain our limited capacity ...

A new Yale study has revealed that neurons — the energy-hungry cells that connect and direct activity in the brain — are equipped with “backup batteries” that kick in to keep the brain running during ...

Multiple sclerosis kills neurons in the cortex, along with destroying the brain's wiring. Now we know how this happens. Inflammation overwhelms a critical DNA repair mechanism that is needed to ...

When you close your eyes and picture a familiar face, your brain does not conjure the image from scratch. According to ...

Mirror neurons are a type of brain cell that is activated both when performing an action and when observing another individual perform that same action, a process thought to help an individual ...