Study finds SuperAgers in their 80s and 90s produce twice as many young neurons as healthy adults and 2.5 times more than ...

Exercising and waking up early may protect against developing motor neurone disease, a study suggests. The rare condition, also commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), affects roughly ...

Researchers say study identifies location of oligodendrocytes in the brain, and integrates information about gene expression and the structural features of neurons.

Blood vessel damage in the spinal cord may play a role in nerve cell loss in spinal muscular atrophy, a new study suggests.

Neuromuscular diseases comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive impairment of muscle function resulting from defects in ...

Brains of older adults with super-healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study ...

Brains of older adults with super healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study from UIC, Northwestern University and the University of Washington.

Neuroscientists identify a CRF-neuron "switch" in the brain's BNST region that, when activated, allows for significantly faster unlearning of fear responses.

When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective ...