The brain's immune system is getting attention at the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago. A lot of research is now focused on the interaction of neurons, glial cells and other immune cells. There's a ...

Credit: Mark Hersam/Northwestern University Printed artificial neurons can now send lifelike signals that activate real brain ...

Some brains resist Alzheimer's, even when the disease is already present. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience Scientists have discovered neurons in mice that fire in response to gentle, stroking touch. The neurons, described in the ...

For many years, a dominant view in neuroscience was that neurons in the inferotemporal (IT) cortex—a critical center in the ...

There's a big change happening in neuroscience. Researchers are taking a closer look at cells that were once dismissed as merely the glue that holds a brain together. They're also looking at how those ...