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The congenital condition spina bifida is often treated surgically in the womb, but many children still go on to have mobility issues. The addition of a patch made up of stem cells from donated placent ...

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New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is ...

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The cerebral cortex, the brain’s outermost region responsible for higher cognitive functions, depends on a highly ordered, ...

Brains of older adults with super healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study from UIC, Northwestern University and the University of Washington.

While neurogenesis—the growth of new brain cells—typically slows with age, superagers produce new neurons in the hippocampus at twice the rate of healthy older adults. In contrast, individuals with ...

Brains of older adults with super-healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study ...

As we age, neuron production declines in the human brain, but scientists just identified the protein key to regenerating neural stem cells.

We like to think we are the lead actors in our lives, but we’re often just reading lines from a shadow script written by our past selves.