Neurons grown from stem cells in the lab form an interconnected network. In this study, researchers used CRISPR to switch off genes in stem cells and then followed how successfully the cells developed ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Biological cells process data and perform computations all the time. They take inputs in the form of external stimuli and produce specific responses. Recently, scientists have been looking at ways to ...

Astrocytes form large networks of interconnected cells in the central nervous system. When these cell-to-cell couplings are disrupted in the brain of adult mice, the animals are no longer able to ...

Scientists studying Alzheimer’s have long wondered how exactly toxic proteins spread from neuron to neuron, leaving some cells devastated while their neighbors remain unscathed. Now, researchers have ...