New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

New nerve cell connections on sensory cells in mice could be at fault Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, ...

Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called synapses, according to an upcoming study led by Stanford Medicine ...

When Doug Woods, a student at the University of South Carolina, swabbed his cheek at a sorority philanthropy event, he thought it was just a simple act of kindness—one that would likely go unnoticed.

Dr. Daniel Pompa’s recent Instagram insights have highlighted a fascinating phenomenon that bridges the gap between our emotions and cellular health, demonstrating how psychological stress directly ...