For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...

Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

A new Nature Genetics study has identified excitatory neurons and microglia as the brain cell types showing abnormal gene regulation patterns linked to depression risk. The findings shift focus from ...

Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when lysosomes, the cellular sanitation machines responsible for those tasks, break down or ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

When probes are inserted into the brain for research or clinical purposes, the electrical activity of neurons is recorded. These signals can be used to understand how the brain performs certain ...

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

Research reveals why Alzheimer’s brain damage doesn’t always lead to dementia, highlighting the role of protective brain ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...