Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

Researchers for the first time have turned human skin cells into working brain cells, completely bypassing the need for stem cells, they say. The achievement comes a year after researchers at Stanford ...

Neuroscientists are zeroing in on how special kinds of brain cells help us see things that aren't actually there.

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.