A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A large-scale atlas of mouse brain cells has revealed that aging does not affect all brain cell types equally. Some cell populations show dramatic shifts in gene activity between youth and old age, ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in individual cells of the adult human brain and spinal cord. The study, published ...

The human brain may continue producing new neurons in adulthood, a finding that could help explain healthy aging.