When both the androgen and the glucocorticoid receptor were activated simultaneously, the number of binding sites for the glucocorticoid receptor in prostate cancer cells doubled.

A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — might explain why the human brain has such a huge storage capacity, researchers reported in the journal PNAS in May. The ...

The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web.And just as biologists document species of plants and animals, neuroscientists ...

The project is being funded under a $25 million research grant awarded on May 28 to the institute by the National Medical Research Council for five years to study Parkinson’s disease.

Deep inside your brain, something far more interesting happens. Instead of just hearing, your brain reshapes itself in real time. That’s the striking finding of a new study by researchers at ...

MIT researchers propose a groundbreaking theory highlighting astrocytes' crucial role in memory storage, challenging the traditional neuron-centric vi ...

Listening to sound doesn t just trigger brain activity it reshapes your brain s internal networks in real time. Scientists have unveiled a powerful new imaging method, FREQ-NESS, that traces how ...

Brain-computer-interface startup Paradromics today announced that surgeons successfully inserted the company’s brain implant into a patient and safely removed it after about 10 minutes. It’s a ...

A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

Growing up in Brazil, neuroscientist Danielle Beckman always dreamed of moving to the US for work. So, in 2017, when Beckman got the opportunity to work at the California National Primate Research ...