Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers identified hyperconnected brain wiring as the root cause of movement and cognitive symptoms. An international team ...

Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, ...

A new noninvasive neurostimulation technique capable of reaching deep regions of the brain has been used to elucidate the ...

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A Harvard study using surgical brain disruptions finds causal evidence for a neural circuit underlying the experience of ...

Glioblastoma, the most aggressive malignant brain tumor in adults, is not an isolated lesion, but a disease that destabilizes ...

Neurodegenerative disorders are increasingly understood as disorders of large-scale brain network disconnection rather than isolated regional damage.