A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

The MRI image shows a brain tumor in an inauspicious location, – and a brain biopsy will entail high risks for the patient, ...

In An Exercise in Uncertainty, Jon Gluck traces decades of waiting, watching, enduring experimental treatment, and miraculously beating the odds.

A new study suggests that stem cells thought to be dormant may offer clues to why our sense of smell declines or is lost.

Abstract: The mathematical modeling of brain tumor growth has been the topic of numerous research studies. Most of this work focuses on the reaction-diffusion model, which suggests that the diffusion ...

You’re seeing hundreds of images mosaic together to encompass the whole fly brain from tip to tip.” On a large monitor, the ...

Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN) reported strong preclinical results for LP-184 in atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (“ATRT”), a rare and aggressive ped ...

Lantern Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:LTRN)’s investigational drug LP-184 has achieved a major milestone in the fight against pediatric ...

A new study suggests how APOE2 is protective while APOE4 increases disease risk by regulating the brain's immune cells.

A study appearing in Nature investigated the role of astrocytes, an abundant cell type in the brain, in regulating an immune ...

Neurotrophin-based peptidomimetics may transform treatment for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s by ...

Q: How would you summarize your study for a lay audience? Our study investigated the role of astrocytes, an abundant cell type in the brain, in regulating an immune response against glioblastoma (GBM) ...