Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

including the cerebellum and brain stem. These also fulfill critical functions. Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves, which link the brain directly to muscles and ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought that they are settled into one subtype once they develop from stem ...

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition driven by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons, which causes tremors, ...

The identification of peripheral neural stem cells could transform the treatment of Parkinson's disease and spinal cord ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have found that the birth of new brain cells in adults plays a key role in verbal ...

Researchers can now generate brain cells from patients using stem cells, which gives them a clearer understanding of how schizophrenia develops Individuals with schizophrenia may have abnormally ...

Reacting to the findings of the trials, which have been published in the journal Nature, Claire Bale, associate director of ...