Researchers mapped the folded structure that stops kinesin-1 from walking or carrying cargo until cells activate it.

Gioele La Manno won the 2026 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for innovative experiments that show lipids are far ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has shown that nerve ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising cause of age-related cognitive decline involving brain cells previously thought to be entirely beneficial. As these cells become dysfunctional, they can produce ...

Wiring diagram of an adult male fruit fly's central nervous system Philip Hubbard / HHMI Janelia Research Campus Researchers have mapped an adult male fruit fly’s brain and nerve cord—the equivalent ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight - without causing nausea. The discovery, made at the University of Gothenburg, could ...

A discovery in tiny algae led to a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough that allows scientists to switch brain cells on and off using light. The revolutionary technique has already helped researchers ...

As we age, the way memory works changes. Should we look only to the brain for an explanation?A study published in Nature in ...

Three scientists have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how to control nerve cells using light. The ...

Adult neurogenesis is how the adult brain produces new neurons. The newborn cells divide, migrate to specific brain regions ...