Scientists have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons and repair ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Our remarkable brain has evolved from very primitive parts. From one perspective, it's a masterpiece. From another, it's just 3 pounds of inefficient jelly. But out of all that jelly, human traits ...

Scientists working in mice said they had found a way to identify master cells in the brain and grow them in large batches — a potential way of helping patients grow their own brain tissue ...

A new study shows that repetitive DNA, once dismissed as “junk,” plays a critical role in shaping the human brain.

Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain toward a specific location. The research, published July 11 in the journal Stem Cell Reports, opens possibilities for ...

Unlike other therapies, Deep Brain Reorienting works to resolve traumatic shock, opening new pathways for healing from trauma and PTSD.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

The finding, though preliminary, is significant in part because “the brain stem is really involved in autonomic activities — breathing, heart rate, staying awake — so this is evidence that there’s ...

In the first study, Chen¹s team learned that stem cells existed everywhere in the brain by testing tissue from different parts of adult mice brains in cultures containing support cells (known as ...