SEATTLE - By shedding new light on how cells migrate in the developing brain, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center also may have found a new mechanism by which other types of cells, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The cerebral cortex, the brain’s outermost region responsible for higher cognitive functions, depends on a highly ordered, layered structure. Its proper development requires newly ...

A key protein that helps assemble the brain early in life also appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer's and other diseases of aging. A trio of studies published in the past year all suggest that ...

Researchers compared Reelin expression in excitatory neurons in the entorhinal cortex of people with (right) or without (left) Alzheimer’s disease. In people without the disease, vGlut (green), a ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor proliferation and cortical size. Small genetic changes in HARE5 amplify a key ...

Chronic stress can damage the gut’s protective lining, triggering inflammation that may worsen depression. New research shows that stress lowers levels of a protein called Reelin, which plays a key ...

A key protein that helps assemble the brain early in life also appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer’s and other diseases of aging. A trio of studies published in the past year all suggest that ...