For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurobiology, says studies show that exercise can significantly improve many aspects of brain ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

Nocturnal rats are active at night and accumulate fatigue toward dawn. Using optogenetic stimulation of cortical neurons and simultaneous local field potential (LFP) recordings, the study revealed ...

New research published in Nature Neuroscience provides evidence that a non-hallucinogenic analog of psychedelic drugs can stimulate brain cell growth through the same molecular pathway as traditional ...

The literature states that in 1858, Rudolf Virchow introduced the term neuroglia as a descriptor. This was based on his observations of the biological connections between the brain and spinal cord. He ...